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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Protection motivation"”.
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Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding the Determinants of Individual Security Behavior
… if individuals do not make appropriate security protection decisions they introduce holes that technological solutions cannot protect. This study investigates what personal characteristics influence differences in individual security behaviors, defined as behaviors to protect against security …
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A test of protection-motivation theory for promoting injury control
… study assessed the contribution of components of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT; severity, vulnerability, response-efficacy, self-efficacy, response-cost) in persuading parents to engage in the preventive action of purchasing a bicycle helmet. Participants were 69 parents of elementary …
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Risky Business: Millennials’ Protection Motivation Factors for Norovirus Outbreaks on College Campuses
… a proactive method for increasing millennials’ motivation to practice mitigation methods emerges to reduce future hNoV outbreaks on college campuses. Research has shown that students can play a major role in the spread of hNoV on college campuses. Therefore, the purpose of these studies is to …
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Predicting Adherence to Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Protection Motivation Theory
… Theory in breast cancer patients using the Protection Motivation.Methods: Cross-sectional retrospective study. 288 patients, taking aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy, were identified using a cancer registry managed by a University-based medical center. A survey instrument measuring …
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The Effectiveness of a Protection Motivation Theory Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young Canadian Adults
… of an online intervention grounded in Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to reduce alcohol use in young Canadian adults. 186 participants aged 19–25 were randomized to a PMT-based video intervention or an attention control. Surveys assessing PMT constructs, drinking intentions, and …
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The Efficacy of the Protection Motivation Theory in Predicting Cruise Ship Passengers' Intentions Regarding Norovirus Disease Incidence
… This study examined the efficacy of the protection motivation theory for predicting passengers’ intentions towards healthy behaviors in regard to norovirus disease incidence. Outbreaks of norovirus have serious health and economic consequences. Presently there is no vaccination available; …
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Using the protection motivation theory to examine the effects of obesity fear arousal on the physical activity of young adult female college students
… subject design examining the effects of the Protection Motivation Theory (Rogers, 1975, 1983) on the physical activity among 87 overweight young adult college females. A main effect was hypothesized for short-term severity, personal susceptibility, and the development of an intention …
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An Examination of HIV/AIDS Complacency, Attitudes and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Community Based Prevention Efforts, Practitioners and Social Work Education
… risk behavior are examined through the lens of protection motivation theory. Protection motivation theory posits that response efficacy and threat appraisal influence how a person makes decisions. The implications and findings of the study related to direct community prevention and evidence …
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The psychological impact of physical injury on recovery in Royal Marines’ recruit training
… psychological theories were reviewed and protection motivation theory was selected as the over-arching theoretical framework to guide this programme of research. The model was extended to include the constructs fear-avoidance, athletic identity (modified to measure marine identity) and …
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The Informed Human Firewall: The Impact of Knowledge Dimensions on Employees' Secure Behavior
… have not always translated to secure behavior. Protection motivation theory (PMT) is a widely used and accepted theory in information security behavioral research. Nevertheless, information security research has not examined the impact of knowledge mechanisms on PMT psychological processes. This …
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Functional foods and adult consumers' consumption behavior: Adaptation and comparison of theoretical models
… comparing three behavioral theoretical models: Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), Theory of Planned Behavior (TpB), and Expanded Rational Expectations model (ERE). The instrument for the study was developed by the researcher, and it included questions based on fourteen theory constructs adapted …
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Investigation of ethnic food safety : microbiological and consumer behavioral approaches
… the relationships among the following variables: protection motivation, food neophobia, risk perception toward ethnic cuisines, food safety information, and consumer intention to visit ethnic cuisine restaurants. The results based on the structural educational modeling using AMOS 19 and ordinal …
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Factors influencing the use of privacy settings in location-based social networks
… reasons users seldom make use of them. Using the protection motivation theory (PMT) as a theoretical lens, this dissertation examines whether users can be encouraged to use LBSN privacy settings through fear appeals. Fear appeals have been used in various studies to arouse fear in users, in order …
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The relevance of social and behavioral models in determining intention to comply with information security policy in higher education environments
… frameworks: theory of planned behavior, protection motivation theory, deterrence theory and organizational theory. This model is the first to integrate all relevant theories cited as influencing intention to comply with information security policies. Partial least squares structural …
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Exploring factors that affect adoption of computer security practices among college students
… (TAM), theory of planned behavior (TPB), and protection motivation theory (PMT) to explain the variation in adoption of computer security practices among college students. This dissertation builds on this growing body of scholarship by blending those three into a single conceptual framework …
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The Paradox of Social Media Security: A Study of IT Students’ Perceptions versus Behavior on Using Facebook
… actual behavior on social networking sites. Protection motivation theory (PMT), initially developed to study fear appeals, has been widely used to examine people’s behavior in information security domains. We propose that PMT theory can also be adapted to explain and predict social media …
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Investigating the Role of Appearance-Based Factors in Predicting Sunbathing and Tanning Salon Use
… health belief model (Rosenstock, 1974), revised protection motivation theory (Rogers, 1983), and a proposed integration of several health behavior models (Fishbein, 2000). The results generally support a model in which intentions mediate the relationship between appearance attitudes and tanning …
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A cross-cultural study on the persuasive effectiveness of fear appeals messages in advertising : an empirical investigation on Canadian and Chinese subjects
… of fear appeals communication. Based on Rogers' Protection Motivation model, the framework of the study was developed by incorporating type of fear as an independent variable and culture as a moderating variable. An experiment was conducted using 12 anti-smoking ads with three levels of fear …
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Genograms as threat appeals: Using the Extended Parallel Process Model with familial cardiovascular disease
… contends that efficacy must exceed threat for protection motivation to dominate resulting in message acceptance and danger control responses. If threat exceeds efficacy, defensive motivation will dominate, resulting in fear control responses and message rejection. Surveys modified from the Risk …
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Predicting Motivation, Exercise Behavior And The Reciprocal Relationship With Obesity Perceptions In College Students
… and short-lived. The current study used the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to assess female college students' perceptions of the threat of obesity to themselves, the perceived consequences of obesity, and the costs/benefits of exercising. Participants were provided with information …
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