Psychological Pathways to Infectious Disease Prevention Participation: The Sequential Mediating Roles of Autonomous Motivation and Public Health Support Attitudes

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This research aims to explore how psychological motivations influence participation in infectious disease prevention measures.
Survey-based analysis of 246 adults across the nation.
Utilized confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.
Examined the mediating roles of autonomous motivation and public health support attitudes.
Autonomy and relatedness needs significantly influenced autonomous motivation.
Competence needs showed borderline significance affecting motivation.
Autonomous motivation predicted public health support attitudes and positively influenced participation behavior.

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Demonstrates psychological motivations influence health behavior in adults, suggesting strategies for effective public health communication.

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Kim et al. (2026) studied this question.

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