Emergence of protective behaviour under different risk perceptions to disease spreading

Khanjanianpak, M. ; Azimi-Tafreshi, N. ; Arenas, A. ; Gómez-Gardeñes, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The behaviour of individuals is a main actor in the control of the spread of a communicable disease and, in turn, the spread of an infectious disease can trigger behavioural changes in a population. Here, we study the emergence of individuals protective behaviours in response to the spread of a disease by considering two different social attitudes within the same population: concerned and risky. Generally speaking, concerned individuals have a larger risk aversion than risky individuals. To study the emergence of protective behaviours, we couple, to the epidemic evolution of a susceptible-infectedsusceptible model, a decision game based on the perceived risk of infection. Using this framework, we find the effect of the protection strategy on the epidemic threshold for each of the two subpopulations (concerned and risky), and study under which conditions risky individuals are persuaded to protect themselves or, on the contrary, can take advantage2022 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. © 2022 Royal Society Publishing. All rights reserved.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0412

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 380, 2227 (2022), 20200412[17 pp]
ISSN: 1364-503X

Factor impacto JCR: 5.0 (2022)

Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 19 / 73 = 0.26 (2022) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 8.1 - Engineering (Q1) - Mathematics (Q1) - Physics and Astronomy (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.637 - Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Mathematics (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/E36-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-113582GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FIS2017-87519-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-IBERCAJA/224220

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Materia Condensada (Dpto. Física Materia Condensa.)