Motivations for mask-wearing as preventive behavior against COVID-19:

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This study developed and validated a scale to measure motivation to wear masks as a preventive behavior against COVID-19. An online survey of Japanese adults was conducted in February 2023, with 747 participants in the subsequent data analysis. As evidence of the structural aspect of construct validity, exploratory factor analysis revealed that the Motivation for Mask-wearing Scale consisted of three factors: prosocial motivation, self-interested focus motivation, and wearing a mask out of concern for others’ criticism. Each subscale was highly reliable. As evidence of the external aspect of construct validity, a partial correlation analysis indicated that prosocial motivation to wear a mask was positively associated with trait prosociality and subjective well-being. Results also indicated that wearing a mask out of concern for others’ criticism was positively associated with fear of negative evaluation and positively associated with positive and negative affect. Self-interested focus motivation to wear a mask was positively associated with fear of negative evaluation and negatively associated with positive affect. These results demonstrate the structural and external validity of the Motivation for Mask-wearing Scale.

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