Data_Sheet_1_What Explains Natives and Sojourners Preventive Health Behavior in a Pandemic: Role of Media and Scientific Self-Efficacy.docx

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a severe global public health emergency. The current research investigated and compared “Natives and Sojourners” health-protective behavior in Mainland China during the pandemic. We adopted a unified view to propose our theoretical model by adapting the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Institutional Theory (IT). The data obtained through an online survey questionnaire from 435 respondents during the second and third quarters of were analyzed. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to empirically analyze the proposed model. The media self-efficacy (MSE), scientific self-efficacy (SSE), perceived health risks (PHRs), and the perceived benefits of being protected have positive and significant effects on the definition of health-protective behavioral intentions among natives and sojourners in mainland China. Media and SSE can play a strategic role in formulating public health-protective behavior. The current research recommends an effective communication with sojourners during crisis for them to be a part of the national crisis management plan (i.e., infectious disease).

COVID-19疫情引发了全球性的公共卫生紧急事件。本研究调查并比较了在疫情期间中国大陆地区‘本地居民’与‘外来者’的健康防护行为。我们通过融合健康信念模型（HBM）与制度理论（IT），提出了统一的理论框架。通过在线调查问卷，于第二、三季度共收集了435位受访者的数据进行分析。本研究采用结构方程模型（SEM）对所提出的模型进行实证分析。结果显示，媒体自我效能（MSE）、科学自我效能（SSE）、感知健康风险（PHRs）及感知防护益处对中国大陆本地居民与外来者的健康防护行为意图具有显著的正向影响。媒体与科学自我效能可在制定公共卫生防护行为中发挥战略作用。本研究建议在危机期间与外来者进行有效沟通，使他们成为国家危机管理计划（即传染病管理计划）的一部分。