An extended theory of planned behaviour including psychological distress was used to predict blood glucose monitoring in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Participants completed two surveys, a week ...apart (n = 167). Attitudes and perceived behavioural control were significantly associated with intention but subjective norm was not. Intention predicted blood glucose monitoring at T2. Higher scores in psychological distress significantly predicted poorer blood glucose monitoring at T2 but did not moderate the intention–behaviour relationship. Findings demonstrate some concerns with the theory of planned behaviour to predict self-care behaviour, yet highlight the importance of addressing psychological distress in diabetes self-management.
High performing organizations are using analytics for evidence-based decision-making. However, the human resource (HR) function in many organizations has been slow to adopt this innovation. This ...study applies innovation theory, informed by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), to examine the individual's decision to adopt HR Analytics in an effort to identify why the adoption rate is lagging. We examined early stages of the individual decision process beginning from Stage 1 (knowledge) and leading to Stage 3, (the decision) to adopt or not to adopt the innovation. We found several points in the process that can act as barriers or facilitators. Organizations and champions of this innovation wishing to facilitate HR analytics adoption can take action to remove as many of these barriers to the individual's decision as possible. Further research should focus on the best way to remove these barriers.
•Study examined beliefs on and barriers to food waste management in the U.S.•Theory of planned behavior predicts intent to source separate household food waste.•Individuals have inhibiting concerns ...about odor, pests and messiness of food waste.•Emerging food waste business models may overcome structural and perception barriers.•Potential education and policy interventions are explored.
Food waste is a growing global issue with widespread environmental, economic, and social impacts. Households are both a major driver of waste generation and a key enabler of solutions such as source reduction and composting. In the U.S., household food waste is still predominantly landfilled, motivating this study to understand the beliefs, experiences, and barriers that individuals face when deciding whether to source separate household food waste as a precursor to landfill diversion. To understand these factors, the theory of planned behavior was applied using data collected via a survey of New York State residents and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicate that attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control are all significantly and positively associated with the intent to separate household food waste. However, respondents also expressed significant concern that food waste separation would lead to odor, pests, and messiness in the home, ultimately resulting in a distinct “yuck factor” construct that had a significant negative association with behavioral intent. These concerns were particularly strong for individuals who had no past experience separating food waste. These findings suggest several potential interventions, including education on how to separate food waste and expansion of curbside collection systems to address consumers' unwillingness to handle waste or clean collection containers.
Although student integration theory, a sociologically-based model, has been the dominant explanation for student drop-out from colleges for over 40 years, it has received only mixed empirical support ...in residential colleges and less in non-residential colleges. Psychological theories of active choice and behavior change offer an alternative explanation for drop-out. In research at a non-residential UK university, structural equation modeling was used in two separate studies to compare a model of student dropout based on student integration theory with a psychological model based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). In the first study (N = 633), a model including TPB variables and two key student integration theory variables (academic integration, and social integration) showed good fit to the data, Although all three TPB variables predicted intention to quit, neither of the two student integration theory variables did so. The TPB variables explained over 60% of the variance in student's intention to voluntarily withdraw from college before completing their studies, and intention to withdraw was associated with actual dropout behavior. In the second study (N = 180), using alternative measures of student integration theory factors, a model including both student integration theory and TPB variables had acceptable fit, and over 70% of the variance in intention to quit was explained. But only the TPB variables predicted intention to quit significantly. The benefits of adopting a process-based psychological explanation to student retention are discussed.
•The theory of planned behavior explained over 50% of the variance in intention to quit university.•The dominant, sociological, model of student retention was less well supported by the data.•Novel approaches to reduce student dropout can be developed from the theory of planned behavior.
This study aims to demonstrate the factors that influence the energy-saving intentions of youth in Vietnam. The study applies an expanded Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model with the addition of ...moral norms, product quality, and energy policy to enhance the explanatory power of youth’s energy-saving intentions. The research data were collected using a stratified random sampling method with a sample size of 263 respondents from 5 provinces/cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, Binh Thuan Province, Dong Thap Province, and Kien Giang Province. By employing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method, the study has demonstrated the positive factors influencing youth’s energy-saving intentions, including attitudes towards energy-saving, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, personal ethical standards, product quality, and energy policies. Among these factors, attitudes towards energy saving have the most impact on the energy-saving intentions of youth.
This study aims to explain the acceptance of solar technology by farmers in Vietnam. The study combines the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), supplemented ...with additional factors (concern for the environment, trust in technology, and supporting policies) to address the research objectives. The study uses quota sampling to collect data from 248 farmers in 4 provinces (Hau Giang, Dong Thap, Bac Lieu, and Kien Giang) in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam. By applying the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach, the research results demonstrated the positive influences of various factors on the intention to use solar technology among farmers, including perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, subjective norms, attitude, perceived behavioral control, concern for the environment, trust in technology, and supporting policies. Among these factors, trust in technology was found to have the most impact on the intention to use solar technology among farmers in Vietnam.
Health education is to foster health literacy, informed decision-making and to promote health behaviour. To date, there are several models that seek to explain health behaviour (e.g. the Theory of ...Planned Behaviour or the Health Belief Model). These models include motivational factors (expectancies and values) that play a role in decision-making in health contexts. In this theoretical paper, it is argued that none of these models makes consequent use of expectancy-value pairs. It is further argued that in order to make these models fruitful for science education and for informed decision-making, models should systematically incorporate knowledge as part of the decision-making process. To fill this gap, this theoretical paper introduces The Integrated Model of Decision-Making in Health Contexts. This model includes three types of knowledge (system health knowledge, action-related health knowledge and effectiveness health knowledge) as influencing factors for motivational factors (perceived health threat, attitude towards health action, attitude towards health outcome and subjective norm) that are formed of expectancy-value pairs and lead to decisions. The model's potential for health education in science education as well as research implications is discussed.
Objective. To develop and assess the impact of a learning module through the evaluation of students’ knowledge of, perceptions of, and intent to provide telepharmacy and telehealth services.
Methods. ...Second- and third-year students from two schools of pharmacy completed a telepharmacy and telehealth learning module and discussion questions. A postsurvey measured their knowledge, perceptions of, and intent to provide remote services.
Results. Students scored an average of 94.8% on a post-knowledge assessment. The theory of planned behavior was used to develop a survey measuring intent to provide remote services. Mean scores (1=strongly disagree to 4=strongly agree) were attitude (mean=3.18, SD=0.36), subjective norm (mean=3.02, SD=0.43), behavioral control (mean=2.67, SD=0.41), and intent (mean=2.63, SD=0.59). Thematic analysis of discussion question responses found that students felt the delivery and quality of care was similar between in-person and remote care. Students felt that differences with face-to-face care included technology use and troubleshooting, perceived difficulty in building relationships, and, finally, the inability to provide device training, medication show-and-tell, and physical examinations. They felt telehealth services would expand in the next five years due to increased access, convenience, and cost savings.
Conclusion. Upon completion of a learning module, students were knowledgeable about telepharmacy and telehealth. Students agreed that remote services positively impact patient care and would be well received by patients and providers. Students had lower intent to offer remote services upon graduation; thus, simulations and service management information should be added to curricula to prepare students for and develop student interest in telepharmacy and telehealth.
An important challenge for franchisors is to find individuals with strong intentions to become franchisees that they can actively support in this ambition. We contribute to franchising research by ...developing and testing a model to explain individual intentions to become franchisees as a specific type of entrepreneurial intention (EI). We combine Achievement Motivation Theory (AMT) with the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to propose inverted U-shaped associations between individual motivations (i.e. need for achievement and risk-taking propensity), their cognitive assessments of franchising (i.e. attitude towards franchising and perceived behavioural control), and their EI regarding franchising. Our survey of 666 individuals demonstrates that need for achievement impacts attitude towards franchising and perceived behavioural control regarding franchising following respectively inverted U-shaped and declining positive relationships, and they partly mediate the relationships between need for achievement and EI regarding franchising. We find a negative linear association with attitude towards franchising.
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