Factors related to compliance with the COVID-19 health regulations among young people

Table 1 Explanatory factors for compliance/adherence to coronavirus disease 2019 measures

Factor types	Factor sub-types	Specific aspect	Adherence/compliance
Immediate factors		Trust in the government	Higher level of trust	Higher compliance
		Perception of risk	Higher perception of risk
		Search for information	More search of information
		Perception of compliance with rules	Perceiving compliance as a moral obligation
Previous risk-factors	Social factors	Gender	Women	Higher compliance
		Age	Older people
	Personal factors	Personality traits	Machiavellism	Lower compliance
			Narcissism
			Psychopathy
			Antisocial traits
		Risk taking	More risk taking
		Empathy and prosocial behavior	Higher empathy and prosocial behavior: higher compliance
		Self-control	More self-control: Higher compliance
		Need for cognition	Tendency to seek information and to follow a systematic thinking	Higher compliance
		Time-perspective	“Carpe diem” perspective
		Motivation	Autonomous motivation
		Influence of peers	Depending on peers’ attitudes
		Number of elderly people one knows	Higher number