Impact of the Cognitive processes and Protection Motivation on the Perceptions of Third Person

In the light of the Third Person Effects Theory and Theory of Protection Motivation, the present Study posed the following question:
Do the cognitive processes and variables imposed by the Theory of Protection Motivation reinforces or reduces the impact of perceptions of third Person of the anticipated risks associated with knowing the news of the spread of COVID-19 and inflection with COVID-19 on the self and other and consequently the ability to adopt the protective behaviors against such diseases? 
The Study concludes as follows:      
-         The danger anticipated because of COVID-19 is increased. This reflected on the attention of the females, subject of study, towards the news. Although the females, subject of study, are of high average age and high educational levels, they are more interested in following up the news of COVID-19 published on the electronic news websites and then the websites of social media.
-         The news associated with the spread of COVID-19 raise the concern of the females, subject of study, about the consequences of the spread of such epidemic in Egypt, especially the feeling of being worried about themselves and their families.
-         The recognition of the females, subject of study, of the impact of the danger of being inflected by COVID-19 on the self and others in general is increased. It is indicated from the results of the Study that the feeling of the danger of COVID-19 was of an average rate.
-         The results show that most of the females, subject of study, believes that they have the self-efficiency required for encountering COVID-19 and are ready for exerting efforts for protecting themselves and their families from being inflected with COVID-19.
-         No statistically indicative differences appear indicating that the females, subject of study, recognized that the news of the spread of COVID-19 have a larger effect on others than the effect of such news on themselves. 
-         It is shown that the variables associated with the processing information are important for understanding the anticipated dangers of the news and their effect on the self and others and adoption by the females, subject of study, of the protective behaviors and anticipated self-efficiency. It is clarified that indulging the females, subject of study, in the news of COVID-19 increased their recognition of the danger of such news and impact of COVID-19 on themselves and others. This did not have an impact on their recognition of danger of being inflected with COVID-19.