Magano, JoséVidal, Diogo Guedese Sousa, Hélder Fernando PedrosaDinis, Maria Alzira PimentaLeite, Ângela2021-09-272021-09-272021-09-24Magano, J.; Vidal, D.G.; Sousa, H.F.P.e.; Dinis, M.A.P.; Leite, Â. Psychological Factors Explaining Perceived Impact of COVID-19 on Travel. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2021, 11, 1120-1133. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe110400832254-9625http://hdl.handle.net/10284/10260This cross-sectional study aims to determine the psychological factors that contribute to the perceived impact of COVID-19 on travel using a convenience sample (N = 1122) from the general population to whom instruments assessing the perception of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on travel, anxiety, fear, phobia, risk perception, and stress were applied. The participants were mainly female (65.6%), had not attended university, and who were professionally active, with a mean age of around 30-years-old (M = 31.91, SD = 13.76, Min = 18, Max = 81). The perceived impact of COVID-19 on travel correlates with all of the psychological variables, mainly in terms of the emotional fear of COVID-19. Together with the perceived risk of COVID-19, social phobia due to COVID-19, and COVID-19 stress contamination, these variables explain 20% of the perceived impact of COVID-19 on travel variance. The relationship between COVID-19 stress socio-economic consequences and the perception of the pandemic’s impact on travel is moderated by the emotional perceived risk of COVID-19. Fear and perception of this risk explain the impact of the COVID-19 on travel in pandemic times, suggesting that the psychological impact of fear and anxiety induced by the pandemic needs to be handled as a public health priority.engCOVID-19AnxietyStressTravelWellnessjournal article10.3390/ejihpe11040083