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A Protection Motivation Theory application to date rape education
Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2011Date rape risk communication is a key component of education-based Date Rape Prevention Programs, common across colleges. In such programs, risk assessment in date rape is approached cautiously in order to avoid a tone of "victim blaming." Since it is important in the assessment of any risk to understand the surrounding social context of the risky ...
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2023
As our environment continues to deteriorate, stronger efforts need to be placed on protective measures to combat climate change. It is therefore necessary to elucidate factors that influence individuals’ climate-protective behavior. Previous studies aimed to explain climate-protective behavior have mainly used the theory of planned behavior (TPB; Ajzen,
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As our environment continues to deteriorate, stronger efforts need to be placed on protective measures to combat climate change. It is therefore necessary to elucidate factors that influence individuals’ climate-protective behavior. Previous studies aimed to explain climate-protective behavior have mainly used the theory of planned behavior (TPB; Ajzen,
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Health Psychology, 2023
Objective: Behavioral measures have proven indispensable to slow down the spread of COVID-19. However, adopting new health behaviors is generally challenging. This study aimed at identifying determinants of adopting protective behaviors over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scholz, Urte +2 more
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Objective: Behavioral measures have proven indispensable to slow down the spread of COVID-19. However, adopting new health behaviors is generally challenging. This study aimed at identifying determinants of adopting protective behaviors over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Buffelgrass Survey - Protection Motivation Theory
2022This project provides the raw data, codebook, and analysis code for a survey of Tucson residents to understand their attitudes toward buffelgrass management.
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Health tourism: behavioural intention and protection motivation theory
Tourism Review, 2021Purpose Health tourism is recognised as a recent new pattern of taking a break while accessing health-care services overseas. Past studies have explored this research area, but few have focussed on the theoretical perspective. Applying an appropriate theoretical model to guide interventions in planning and programme development is crucial ...
Ai Na Seow +3 more
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A Meta‐Analysis of Research on Protection Motivation Theory
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2000This article reports the first meta‐analysis of the literature on protection motivation theory (Rogers, 1975, 1983; Rogers & Prentice‐Dunn, 1997), a model of disease prevention and health promotion that has generated research for over two decades. The literature review included 65 relevant studies (N= approximately 30,000) that represented over 20 ...
DONNA L. FLOYD +2 more
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Mitigating the Ransomware Threat: A Protection Motivation Theory Approach
2019Ransomware has emerged as one of the biggest security threats to organizations and individuals alike. As technical solutions are developed the creators of ransomware are also improving the sophistication of such attacks. A combination of technical and behavioral measures is required to deal with this problem.
Jacques Ophoff, Mcguigan Lakay
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A Protection Motivation Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change1
The Journal of Psychology, 1975A protection motivation theory is proposed that postulates the three crucial components of a fear appeal to be (a) the magnitude of noxiousness of a depicted event; (b) the probability of that event's occurrence; and (c) the efficacy of a protective response.
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Psychology, Health and Medicine, 2001
The present study examined whether cancer prevention is a meaningful source of exercise motivation using Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). Participants were 427 undergraduate students randomly assigned to read one of 16 persuasive communications that independently manipulated perceived vulnerability (PV), perceived severity (PS), response efe cacy ...
K. S. Courneya, L.-A. M. Hellsten
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The present study examined whether cancer prevention is a meaningful source of exercise motivation using Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). Participants were 427 undergraduate students randomly assigned to read one of 16 persuasive communications that independently manipulated perceived vulnerability (PV), perceived severity (PS), response efe cacy ...
K. S. Courneya, L.-A. M. Hellsten
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Criminal Justice Studies, 2015
The use of defensive measures can be a double-edged sword: it can provide the means to protect people and property from potential criminal victimization, but can also be a costly and possibly unnecessary endeavor. However, research examining the factors contributing to the decision whether or not to engage in protective measures is often limited in ...
Audrey C. Clubb, Joshua C. Hinkle
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The use of defensive measures can be a double-edged sword: it can provide the means to protect people and property from potential criminal victimization, but can also be a costly and possibly unnecessary endeavor. However, research examining the factors contributing to the decision whether or not to engage in protective measures is often limited in ...
Audrey C. Clubb, Joshua C. Hinkle
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