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McGinty, Heather L. "Predicting Fear of Recurrence and Protective Health Behaviors Using Protection Motivation Theory." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3631.
Full textClubb, Audrey C. "Protecting the Castle: Applying Protection Motivation Theory to Explain the Use of Home Guardianship." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cj_theses/4.
Full textCrossler, Robert E. "Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding the Determinants of Individual Security Behavior." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37511.
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Miller, Kathryn M. "A test of protection-motivation theory for promoting injury control." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112009-040238/.
Full textMwagwabi, Florence Mwaka. "A protection motivation theory approach to improving compliance with password guidelines." Thesis, Mwagwabi, Florence Mwaka (2015) A protection motivation theory approach to improving compliance with password guidelines. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2015. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/27070/.
Full textYoon, Eunju. "Food defense management plan implementation intention : an application of protection motivation theory." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/439.
Full textTowbin, Ross Stuart. "A Protection Motivation Theory Approach to Healthcare Cybersecurity| A Multiple Case Study." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13809084.
Full textCyberattacks have occurred for many decades, but some organizations are not implementing measures to reduce the risk of these threats. The healthcare industry has had more than 30 years' worth of cyberattacks, yet many healthcare organizations do not have adequate measures against these risks. The problem addressed by this study was that healthcare organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks, yet leadership at few healthcare organizations actively implement adequate cybersecurity practices. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study with in-person interviews was to identify how employee motivation affects cybersecurity implementation in healthcare facilities in Southeast Michigan and Mid-Michigan areas. The researcher used protection motivation theory to explore how employee motivation affects cybersecurity implementation in healthcare facilities. A qualitative multiple case study with in-person interviews was used to collect the data. The study population was employees at healthcare facilities. The study sample was five employees from each of two healthcare facilities in Southeast Michigan and Mid-Michigan areas. Participants expressed knowledge regarding the seriousness of the threats and implemented some safeguards, but they do not believe the threat likelihood is severe enough to motivate any additional action or interest. Most participants believed current preventative measures were effective, however since the threats were unlikely there was no motivation for additional preventative measures. The literature review indicated that most companies had experienced cyberthreats, creating a potential disconnect with these participants' perceptions.
Haugtvedt, Candace Louise. "Enhancing adherence to antibiotic regimens : a test of protection motivation theory and persuasive communications /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487950153601017.
Full textBirkholz, Sharon Alice. "The prospect of flooding and the motivation to prepare in contrasting urban communities : a qualitative exploration of Protection Motivation Theory." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9329.
Full textKarmakar, Monita. "Predicting Adherence to Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer Using Protection Motivation Theory." University of Toledo Health Science Campus / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1365094849.
Full textGiwah, Anthony Duke. "Empirical Assessment of Mobile Device Users’ Information Security Behavior towards Data Breach: Leveraging Protection Motivation Theory." Diss., NSUWorks, 2019. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/1073.
Full textBennich-Björkman, Oscar, and Anton Nyström. "The Backup-Plan : En kvantitativ studie om säkerhetskopiering bland studenter på Uppsala universitet." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297582.
Full textFew people backup their files frequently enough, even though they risk losing important files. Why is this? This paper has through a quantitative survey attempted to elucidate which factors have the biggest impact on this behavior and if there is a correlation between these. The data was collected using a questionnaire which got over 300 answers from students at Uppsala University. The results were analyzed using the theoretical framework “Protection Motivation Theory” (PMT) and was then compared to similar research. The results show that laziness and forgetfulness are the two biggest factors that the respondents themselves say have the biggest impact on their behavior. In addition to this the kind of program the student is attending also has an effect. The results show that the assessed probability of losing data and the severity of the problem of losing data have a positive correlation with how often backup is done, where assessed problem has the biggest impact. These results differ from what some of the earlier research has shown, but is in line with what PMT says about this behavior.
Slider, Cara L. "Encouraging testicular self-examination behaviors in college males examining the role of fear appeals in protection motivation theory /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10148.
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Thongsukmag, Juthamas. "Fear in the Workplace: The Relationships among Sex, Self-efficacy, and Coping Strategies." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28454.
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Johansson, Erica. "Det nya coronaviruset, covid-19, och individuell beredskap : En enkätundersökning om hur riskperception kan påverka den individuella beredskapen hos Karlstads Universitetsstudenter." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-77488.
Full textA pandemic flu poses a great risk to society where both social and economic aspects are harmed. Risks require preparedness at both international levels and individual levels and can affect the extent of the risk. This study aims to investigate the individual preparedness of the new coronavirus, covid-19. With support from the framework Protection Motivation Theory which describes people's various behaviors at risk and what motivates individuals to take one or several protective measures. The factors that affect an individual's risk perception and how they in turn influence the individual preparedness are examined in the study. The willingness to pay for a possible covid-19 vaccine is also being investigated. The method used to investigate individuals' risk perception of covid-19 is a quantitative survey. The questionnaire was constructed mainly on the basis of the framework and its factors that states to have influence on individual behavior. Also, the questionnaire was constructed to answer the study's research question and fulfill the purpose of the essay. The survey was conducted by students in three various programs at Karlstads University. The study's results show that students at Karlstads University do not perceive the infection or extent of covid-19 as a major threat at the time the survey was conducted. This has shown that protective measures have not been taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The protective measures have not been considered effective to avoid the virus or the spread of covid-19 although they have been recommended by Swedish authorities. According to this study, the willingness to pay for vaccination is high in comparison with what previous vaccines against pandemic flu has cost, although the willingness for vaccination against covid-19 is found only in half of the respondents. Finally, it can be found that risk perception affects individual preparedness in a crisis and that this contributes to what measures are taken. The perception of a risk can affect how information is taken up by an individual, what measures are taken and during a pandemic flu the individual preparedness can affect the extent of a virus spread and by that an entire society.
Erlandsson, Fabian. "Motivation att utföra skyddsåtgärder : Innan, under och efter översvämning i privata villahushåll." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72716.
Full textIntroduction & aim: Annual mean precipitation and the number of heavy rainfalls is expected to increase in both the short- and long-term perspective in Sweden. As the number of heavy rainfalls increases, the number of insurance compensation to private homeowners also increase. Experience has shown to make people more aware of the associated risks and influences an individual's motivation to carry out flood protective measures himself but only a third of the people exposed performs measures to decrease the risk of future flooding. Previous studies have also found Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to be a useful tool for explaining what influences the probability of an individual to take protective measures. This study aims to investigate causes of damage, management and damage caused by flooding in private households, and how various factors affect an individual's motivation to perform protective measures, using PMT together with additional literature as an explanatory tool. Method: The study uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the occurrence of the different phenomenon’srelated to flooding. Data collection Semi-structural interviews were performed an analysed with thematic analyses and descriptive statistics. Results: The results show that PMT, together with the individual's knowledge on measures and perception of who has the main responsibility for managing flooding, is important in explaining what motivates an individual to perform measures. Threat appraisal and coping appraisal, both included in the PMT, is shown to affect the individual's motivation. Thought coping appraisal seems to have a greater impact on the actions performed. Conclusion: For homeowners to carry out protective measures in addition to those already performed in response to the experienced flooding it’s important that information on measures and how to implement them are provided. The division of responsibility between the private person and the municipality also needs to be clarified to the homeowner as this is identified as a reason why individuals stop implementing measures.
Skyfallsmodellering- Planering, analys och sårbarhetshantering, SPLASH
Vance, A. (Anthony). "Why do employees violate is security policies?:insights from multiple theoretical perspectives." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2010. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514262876.
Full textGamboa, Sabina, and Kenny Chauca. "Studenters integritet i Big Data-eran : En kvalitativ studie om oro över personlig data och digital integritet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104420.
Full textIn the current Big data era, where large amounts of information is collected and processed for commercial use, the importance of digital integrity has become more evident. The Facebook-Cambdrige analytica scandal is an example on how information has been used without consent. This has increased the concerns about users personal information. In Europe the General Data Protection Regulation has been an important part of protecting users digital integrity. Previous studies show that concerns about digital integrity have increased among certain groups in Sweden. One of these groups are university graduates which are the focus of this study. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the concern for digital integrity that exists in society from the students perspective. The method that has been used in this study has been individual semi-structured interviews. The results of the study shows that students feel secure when they use information technology. The results suggest that the factors that affect students' concerns, or lack thereof, of their digital integrity are linked to trust and context. The results shows that the reason for this is trust in GDPR, trust that companies will follow the law, belief that some personal information isn't of a high value and belief in their own ability to protect themself. The results of the study also shows that the informants were willing to let websites get access to certain personal information when they trusted the website and when they found it beneficial to them.
Brown, David A. "Examining the Behavioral Intention of Individuals' Compliance with Information Security Policies." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3750.
Full textShen, Han. "Factors Related to Users’ Awareness of Information Security on Social Network Service --The Case of WeChat." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-73717.
Full textPersson, Tobias, and Emil Andersson. "Informationssäkerhetsrisker och organisatoriska sanktioner vid användandet av privata smarta enheter i Försvarsmakten : En studie om användning av privata smarta enheter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413565.
Full textThis paper examines the intention to use smart devices by staff in the Swedish Armed Forces,which is an organization with a high need for operational security. The security of the business isdependent on how staff within the business behave, in a security perspective. The purpose is toelucidate how the Swedish Armed Forces conveys information security regarding smart devicesand how their staff are affected. The empirical material has been collected through a qualitativecase study in the form of semi-structured interviews with two different groups. The results areanalyzed using a theoretical framework consisting of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) andGeneral Deterrence Theory (GDT) in order to elucidate what determines the behavior of the staff.The theories are based on the fact that behavior is affected by fear of sanctions or threats to thebusiness and individuals. The result shows that aspects in both theories are present in the staffbehavior. What influences the individual's actions depends on what information the organizationhas shared and the personal perceptions of the individuals. Factors that play into the intention arethe level of knowledge, the position the individual possesses and the area of work the individualoperates within.
Leigh, Laurasona. "Behavioral and Environmental Attributes of Ebola Epidemic in West Africa and United States Emergency Nurses’ Motivation to Protect Themselves against Ebola Infection." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1470411786.
Full textWarrick, Brian. "Examining Employee Motivation, Environmental Systems, and Corporate Social Responsibility in Proenvironmental Behavior." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2906.
Full textLeas, Loranie, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Cardiovascular health behaviours and health needs among people with psychiatric disabilities." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2004. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051208.095530.
Full textFolck, Alcinda L. "Trouble in the air: Farmers’ perceptions of risk, self-efficacy, and response efficacy regarding herbicide drift." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1512135233700015.
Full textBurdsall, Deborah Patterson. "Exploring inappropriate glove use in long term care." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5724.
Full textSwartz, Erik. "Mänskligt beteende - ett ofrånkomligt hot mot informationssäkerhet?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44967.
Full textVan, Huyssteen Lucea. "Fear-based advertising appeals : assessing execution styles of social marketing campaigns." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5445.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa faces an epidemic, namely, HIV/Aids, which has grown substantially over the last ten years. It can be regarded as the country with the most alarming statistical figures concerning HIV infection rates. Even though South Africa is a country under scrutiny, given the high prevalence of HIV/Aids, this epidemic also constitutes as a global problem, given that an approximate number of 7400 individuals are infected with HIV every day. The number of Aids related deaths has risen from 100 000 in 1999 to over 400 000 in 2009. Given the concern, and in an effort to combat the fast spread of HIV/Aids, the South African government has implemented various educational and support programs. Marketing efforts are related to the above topic, given that various marketing-related practices have been implemented by non-profit organisations in an attempt to create awareness of HIV/Aids and the related risks. These marketing communication programs are referred to as social campaigns. HIV/Aids social campaigns involve communication strategies which attempt to persuade the target market to ensure that they adhere to safesexual practices, by making individuals aware of the threat that infection poses to their lifestyles. Various campaigns also explore how an individual can ensure safe sexual behaviour. Empirical research stretching back to 1975 has provided marketers with guidelines as to what social communication campaigns, concerning threats to human health, should include regarding an emotional, cognitive aspect. Evidence exists for the need to include emotional cues that would stimulate medium to high levels of fear, rather than low levels of fear, in order to effectively persuade an individual to adhere to a protective behavioural pattern. No research has been conducted in order to conclude whether one type of execution style or specific advertising content would result in significantly increased intentions to behave in the recommended protective manner. This study investigated whether different execution styles would result in significantly different levels of attitude, fear and behavioural intention. This was done by sampling a group of 450 respondents who participated in an experimental study. Three execution styles were tested by means of a post-test self administered questionnaire including items related to variables of the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). The PMT explores the effects that fear appeal would have on attitude change. Not only was it found that different execution styles result in significantly different levels of the mentioned variables, it was also found that one execution style is significantly more effective in evoking these cognitive responses in one race group as compared to another. The empirical results of this study reveal that by discontinuing mass communication, and, in preference, segmenting the market towards which HIV/Aids social campaigns are currently aimed, based on race, these awareness campaigns would be more effective in inducing protective sexual behaviour.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika word gekonfronteer met ’n epidemie, naamlik MIV/Vigs, wat aansienlik gegroei het oor die afgelope tien jaar. Suid Afrika kan beskou word as die land met die mees ontstellende statistieke met betrekking tot MIV-infeksie. Selfs al is Suid-Afrika die land met die hoogste gevalle van MIV/Vigs, is hierdie epidemie ook 'n wêreldwye probleem, gegewe dat 'n ongeveer 7400 individue met MIV besmet word elke dag. Die aantal Vigs-verwante sterftes het toegeneem van 100 000 in 1999 tot meer as 400 000 in 2009. Gegewe bogenoemde en in 'n poging om MIV/Vigs verspreiding te beveg, het die Suid- Afrikaanse regering verskeie ondersteunende en opvoedkundige programme geïmplementeer om hierdie doel te bereik. Die verwantskap tussen bemarkingspogings en die betrokke onderwerp is dat verskeie bemarkingsverwante praktyke geïmplementeer word deur nie-winsgewende organisasies in 'n poging om bewustheid van MIV/Vigs en die verwante risiko's te skep. Hierdie bemarkingskommunikasie programme word na verwys as sosiale veldtogte. Die relevante MIV/Vigs-veldtogte behels sosiale kommunikasie strategieë wat die teikenmark probeer oorreed om te verseker dat hulle voldoen aan veilige seksuele praktyke, deur individue bewus te maak van die bedreiging wat infeksie inhou tot hul lewenswyse. Verskeie veldtogte brei ook uit oor hoe 'n individu veilige seksuele gedrag kan verseker. Empiriese navorsing wat terugstrek tot 1975 voorsien bemarkers met riglyne oor wat die sosiale kommunikasie veldtogte, wat 'n bedreiging vir menslike gesondheid behels, moet insluit met betrekking tot 'n emosionele, kognitiewe aspek. Bewyse bestaan in guns van die noodsaaklikheid van emosionele leidrade wat medium tot hoë vlakke van vrees in ‘n individu sal stimuleer, eerder as lae vlakke van vrees, om sodoende 'n individu effektief te oorreed om te voldoen aan beskermende gedragspatrone gegewe die bedreiging wat bestaan. Geen navorsing bestaan tans met betrekking tot of ‘n sekere tipe advertensie uitvoeringstyl of spesifieke advertensie-inhoud sou lei tot ‘n aansienlik hoër voorneme om te reageer op die aanbevole beskermende gedrag nie. Hierdie studie ondersoek of sekere advertensie uitvoeringstyle sou lei tot aansienlik verskillende vlakke van houding, vrees en gedrag. Die ondersoek is gedoen deur middel van 'n groep van 450 respondente wat deelgeneem het aan 'n eksperimentele studie. Drie uitvoeringstyle is getoets deur middel van 'n na-toets self-voltooiingsvraelys wat items ingesluit het wat verband hou met veranderlikes van die beskermings-motiveringsteorie (BMT). Die BMT ondersoek die uitwerking wat vreesaanlagte sal hê op houding en aanpassing daarvan. Hierdie studie het bevind dat verskillende advertensie uitvoeringstyle bydra tot aansienlike verskillende vlakke van die bogenoemde veranderlikes, asook dat een uitvoeringstyl beduidend meer effektief is in die ontlokking van kognitiewe respons in sekere rassegroepe in vergelyking met ander. Die empiriese resultate van hierdie studie bewys dat bemarkers die doeltreffendheid van MIV/Vigs sosiale veldtogte kan verbeter deur massa-kommunikasie te staak en eerder segmentering toe te pas binne die mark op wie veldtogte gemik is. Segmentering op grond van rassegroepe sal veroorsaak dat bewusmakingsveldtogte meer effektief is met betrekking tot hul invloed op die toepassing van beskermende seksuele gedrag binne die teikenmark.
Alhussein, Nawras. "Investigation of the variables that govern user behaviors related to e-crime attacks." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79293.
Full textDiGiusto, Dennis Michael. "A protection motivation theory approach to home wireless network security in New Zealand establishing if groups of concerned wireless network users exist and exploring characteristics of behavioral intention : submitted to the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Management /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1148.
Full textEriksson, Beatrice, and Maria Grönte. "ON DIFFERENT TERMS - Social work among vulnerable children in a developing country." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25000.
Full textMousavizadeh, Kashipaz Seyed Mohammadreza. "Three Research Essays on Online Users' Concerns and Web Assurance Mechanisms." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862772/.
Full textAraujo, Brandon. "Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: How Risk Influences Decision-Making." UNF Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/744.
Full textHillhouse, Joel J., and Rob Turrisi. "Motivations for Indoor Tanning: Theoretical Models." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/63.
Full textMason, Holly. "Protection Motivation Theory and Smartphone Security Behaviour: A qualitative investigation." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/131442.
Full textThis review provides an initial assessment of the literature on smartphone reliance and the lack of good security behaviours displayed on smartphones within the general population. Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) is commonly used within information security contexts to investigate why someone might chose to engage in risky smartphone behaviour. There is theoretical support for PMT within both organisational and home settings. However, there is a lack of research within the PMT and smartphone context; therefore, an empirical investigation is warranted. Given the findings of this review, future research should examine user behaviour on smartphones across contexts.
Thesis (M.Psych(Organisational & Human Factors)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Psychology, 2019
Pinho, Luís Filipe Antunes. "”Planned” or “protected” tourism? towards a planned protection motivation approach." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123753.
Full textThis research aims to develop a new Planned-Protection-Motivation (PPM) approach on tourism research. Drawing on Protection Motivation and Planned Behavior theories, the proposed model combines the beliefs on travel intentions as well as the perceived level of threat and familiarity with the pandemic. Using PLS-SEM multi-group analysis, and a sample of 381 European travelers, this study aims to understand consumers’ demand for travel given the pandemic. Findings showed that consumers’ attitudes and social influence are the main drivers of travel intentions. Moreover, social influence moderates COVID-19 travelers’ fear effects on attitudes and improves travel intentions. However, consumers who have not travelled have mixed feelings, and both response cost and fear negatively influence their travel intentions. The findings represent a shift in the tourism, deepening the understanding of customer motivation for traveling during the pandemic.
Hou-dian-Lung and 侯殿龍. "Combining the Interventions of Protection Motivation Theory and Implementation Intentions to Promote Exercise Participation." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51573432883514450838.
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體育學系碩士班
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The main purpose of this study was to make comparison the significance of three groups in exercise participation based on interventions of Coronary Atherosclerotic Heart Disease (CAD) health information and implementation intentions. The study collected two waves of data collection over a 2-week period. Participants (N =357) were randomly allocated to a control group or one of two intervention groups. The dates were analyzed with Descriptive Statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Two Factors Mixed Design, Variants Analysis, One-way ANCOVA and Stepwise Regression Analysis. The important conclusions were as follows: 1. The interventions of CAD health information and implementation intentions had significant differences and changes on “PMT measure cognition” between three groups. 2. The variables of protection motivation theory had significant differences between the three groups and pre/post test. 3. The interventions of CAD health information and implementation intentions had significant differences and changes on “exercise participation” between three groups and pre/post test. 4. The result of Stepwise Regression Analysis was that “response efficacy” and “self-efficacy” had the most influences on “exercise participation”. Except the explanation of the results on this study, there was also a discussion on the application of this research results. Meanwhile, there were some suggestions to the future study.
LI, YU-LING, and 李郁苓. "A Study of Factors Influencing Users’ Prevention and Action toward WannaCry: Protection Motivation Theory." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/su5u7u.
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企業管理學系
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The development of Information Computer Technologies is more and more importance since the end of the 19th century. Although technological progress brings about great benefits for human, the threat of cybercrime has become an omnipresent and important issue. With the rapid development of Information Computer Technologies, Computer Virus are Continuous changing. WannaCry is a new type of Computer Virus that is not only extorting high bitcoin bitcoins through locked files, but also doubling the ransom and destroy files if it is not paid within the time limit. WannaCry has caused disastrous damage to corporation and Internet users of the world. However, studies related to the above concerns are still limited. Drawing on the perspective of protection motivation theory and data collection from Internet users, the objective of this study is to investigate factors influencing user’s prevention measure intention toward WannaCry. We found that information privacy concerns and information security concerns positively affect user’s “action” and “seeking help”, but not significant affects “avoidance”. Perceived severity positively affects information privacy concerns and information security concerns, while self-efficacy positively affects information privacy concerns. This study not only provides advice on future improvement strategies and marketing for country, government, corporation and information security service providers, but also proposes research limitations and future research directions.
Chang, Shih-hsien, and 張師獻. "The Influence of Information Security Stress on Security Policy Compliance: A Protection Motivation Theory Perspective." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nqrx94.
Full text國立中山大學
資訊管理學系研究所
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The occurrence of security incidents will not only cause substantial loss to the enterprise but also serious damage to goodwill. In order to reduce the occurrence of security incidents, it is a fundamental practice to formulate effective security policies and implement them. However, the process of promoting the security policy will put stress on employees. The focus of this paper is whether these pressures will affect staff''s compliance with the security policies. Based on the protection motivation theory, this study considers that information security stress will affect the compliance of security policies through the two cognitive processes of threat appraisal and coping appraisal of protection motivation theory. In this study, opinions of 324 users were collected and the empirical study was conducted. Twelve research hypotheses were used to validate the study model. The results showed that the threat appraisal and coping appraisal affect security compliance significantly except for vulnerability. Security task and job stress have a significant impact on the formation of security role stress. Security role stress has a significant impact on threat and coping appraisals in the protection motivation theory. Security task stress was significantly positively correlated with response efficacy in coping appraisal, and this result were contrary to our expectation.
Peng, Shih Yao, and 彭詩窈. "Investigating determinants of privacy setting behavior in social network sites from perspective of Protection Motivation Theory." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j626jp.
Full textBlunt, Emily Ann. "Protection Motivation Theory and Consumer Willingness-to-Pay, in the Case of Post-Harvest Processed Gulf Oysters." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11864.
Full textChou, Hui-lien, and 周慧蓮. "Taiwan Teenagers’ Privacy Practices on Social Networking Sites: An Analysis of Multiple Factors Based on the Protection Motivation Theory." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/sa5v23.
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教育研究所
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The advent of the Internet has changed people’s life revolutionarily. Second thoughts about the technology use, however, always have to run in response to the fears expressed in the context of online privacy. Among all the Internet activities, social networking sites (SNSs) offer many mechanisms for users to share personal data as well as to restrict the access to the disclosure. However, underage students (in the current study, aged 18 or below) are often not mature enough to be aware of online risks as well as safeguards. Facebook, being prominent SNS for the underage students in Taiwan, is thus chosen as the main theme to explore factors relating to online privacy practices. In the current study, the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) is adopted to explain why underage students conduct various privacy practices when confronted with the risks. According to the PMT, an individual will appraise the factors incurring threats as well as the competence of tackling the incidents, and then decide to keep or modify the behavior. The key components of the PMT involve perceived vulnerability, perceived severity, self-efficacy, response efficacy and response costs. This study has six research questions. The first one is to find out the prevalence of Facebook usage among the underage students in Taiwan. The second one is to grasp a general understanding of students’ protective and problematic privacy practices on Facebook. The third one is to investigate the gender difference of students’ privacy practices. The fourth to the sixth research questions are to explore the factors relating to students’ privacy practices and the schooling level differences thereof. These research questions were answered by the analysis of the quantitative data collected from the cross-sectional surveys. The survey involves respondents' general information, the PMT measurement instrument, and ten indicators concerning online privacy practices developed based on the prior studies. Multistage sampling was adopted to secure a representative sample of the underage students all around Taiwan. With a response rate of 20%, the team collected 714, 1057 and 990 questionnaires from students in three schooling levels (elementary, junior high, and senior high schools) respectively. According to the analytical results, the students in primary education engage in less protective privacy practices than those in secondary education do. The younger students also conduct more problematic practices towards themselves than older ones do. It highlights the necessity of privacy education for the underage. Males in the secondary education, when compared with females, are less willing to conduct the protective privacy practices. On the other hand, males are more inclined to conduct problematic privacy practices. The last finding is the “new” relationships between the PMT components and underage students’ online privacy practices. That is, perceived vulnerability is perplexing in explaining students’ privacy practices. However, perceived severity bears a consistent relationship with privacy practices for students across three schooling levels. Response efficacy links positively to senior high school students’ protective practices, and negatively to problematic practices. Response costs have no significant relationship with protective practices, but relate positively to problematic practices for students in secondary education. Several suggestions for the instructional designs of the privacy education are proposed based on the results of the analyses. A new framework of exploring factors relating to students’ privacy practices is presented as well.
Plotnikoff, Ronald C. "An application of protection motivation theory to coronary heart disease risk factor behaviour in three Australian samples: community adults, cardiac patients, and school children." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1415858.
Full textThe Hunter Region of New South Wales has high levels of heart disease risk factors; its population has one of the highest rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Australia. This thesis sought to gain an understanding of the thought process involved in achieving desired change in risk factor behaviour among samples of this regions' residents. The research had two main aims: 1. To develop valid and reliable instruments to measure people's motivation to take protection against CHD; and, 2. To test the Protection Motivation Theoretical Model with respect to CHD risk factor behaviours. Protection Motivation refers to the cognitive process mediating health attitudes and behaviours. It concerns how individuals think about health threats and select responses to cope with danger brought about by those threats. A subsidiary aim tested the recently developed Ordered Protection Motivation Theoretical Model. Each of these rums was pursued in three separate study populations: an adult community (N =800); cardiac patients (N = 147); and school children (N = 151). Measurement of risk factor behaviour consisted of assessing the extent to which subjects follow a low-fat diet, maintain adequate exercise and do not smoke cigarettes. For the Cardiac and School Studies, the developed instruments were further tested for their sensitivity to detect the effects of heart health interventions. The results revealed that the study was generally successful in developing valid and reliable measures of the PMT model over the three separate population groups. Evaluation of the validity and reliability of the theory's domains was demonstrated through the psychometric robustness of these measures. The test of the Protection Motivation Theory revealed that CHD threat components had negligible effects on risk factor intentions and behaviours. The coping appraisal variables, however, demonstrated a greater influence on the outcome measures; self--efficacy was the most powerful mediating variable. Fear had a stronger role in Protection Motivation Theory than the theory hypothesised and the Ordered Protection Motivation Theory was partially supported. Recommendations based on these findings suggest that: (1) the developed measures from this research can be utilised by health professionals, program evaluators and academic researchers; and (2), that education and health promotion programs for the prevention of CHO should focus upon enhancing people's self-efficacy to follow a low-fat diet, maintain adequate exercise and not smoke.
Tasantab, Jerry Chati. "Beyond coping in informal settlements: the factors influencing flood risk adaptation intentions." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1432279.
Full textFlooding is a nightmare in many parts of the world, with the poor and vulnerable usually the worst affected. Extensive flood risks are a significant concern in many countries, including Ghana, where localised annual flooding is common in urban areas. There is concern that climate change will increase the intensity of precipitation, with resultant flooding affecting vulnerable populations, especially those in informal settlements in developing countries. Households in the informal settlements have habitually adopted coping measures to deal with the existing flood risks. Coping measures are reactive, short-term measures, and are unable to ensure resilience. Although coping measures are a critical part of building flood resilience, adaptation measures ensure proactive and long-term adjustments to existing and future flooding risk that increases resilience. Nevertheless, adaptation measures that can build the resilience of households are not adopted currently in Ghana, and this is placing lives at risk. Only a few empirical studies have focused on the flood risk adaptation intentions of informal settlements in the Ghanaian context. This research, therefore, investigates the informal settlements’ flood risk adaptation intentions, with a view to understanding how flood experience, fear, coping experience and cognitive appraisals affect those intentions. The conceptual position of this research is underpinned by the protection motivation theory (PMT). The application of PMT to the study of the flood risk adaptation intentions of households in informal settlements is novel. Therefore, a new conceptual model was developed, based on PMT, to examine how flood experience, fear, coping experience and cognitive appraisals influence flood risk adaptation intention. The study employed a convergent mixed methods design, comprising a concurrent quantitative and qualitative data collection approach. The research focused on Glefe, an informal settlement in Accra, Ghana, as a case study. The quantitative data was collected using a household survey, resulting in 392 responses. The qualitative data was collected from interviews with nineteen key informants, comprising seventeen community members and two National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) officials. The quantitative data was then analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis with the support of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and WarpPLS, while the qualitative data was analysed with thematic analysis with the aid of NVivo. The quantitative results showed that there exist statistically significant relationships between the aforementioned independent variables and flood risk adaptation intentions. With few exceptions, the hypothesised relationships in the conceptual model were generally supported by the results. The adaptation appraisal had a substantial positive influence on adaptation intention, explaining 68% of the variance. The qualitative findings also showed that the residents were fearful and anxious about current and future flooding risks. The households in the informal settlement also perceived that adaptation actions could be effective in reducing flooding risks and impacts. The qualitative results concurred with the quantitative results, underlining that household experiences and appraisals are vital in households’ flood risk adaptation intentions. The results revealed that there was a general willingness and intention to undertake adaptation measures against flooding. Crucially, the results indicated that flood experience and coping experience positively influenced the flood risk adaptation intentions of households in the informal settlement. The research results also found that informal settlement households place a greater emphasis on the response efficacy of adaptation measures than the cost or their self-efficacy. The findings of the research have, therefore, underscored the relevance of household experiences and appraisals to flood risk adaptation intentions in informal settlements, which may be crucial to aid transition, beyond coping, to adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
Richards, Jay. "The case for health behaviour model comparison and theoretical integration: comparing and combining predictions of models in order to optimise the prediction of health behaviours." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1308165.
Full textThe health behaviour literature is currently littered with theoretical models offering competing accounts of the determinants of health behaviour. However, despite the large amount of research there is still no consensus regarding which model/s are the most useful and accurate. A reason for this is that there are few studies comparing these models for their effectiveness in explaining health behaviour. One method of determining which health behaviour models are superior is directly comparing models for accuracy. Another method of improving the prediction of health behaviour may be theoretical integration – that is combining predictions of multiple models within the rich health behaviour literature in order to develop an integrated model with greater explanatory power than its constituent models. The four research studies presented herein represent examples of how model comparison and theoretical integration may be applied to identify the existing health behaviour models with greatest explanatory power and to increase the explanatory power of such models respectively. Study 1 investigates how fear-based messages impact on individuals’ health knowledge. It also investigates whether health knowledge contributes to the prediction of intentions to exercise or adopt a healthy diet after controlling for Protection Motivation Theory constructs. Results suggest that fear-based messages do not affect information retention and that health knowledge does not explain unique variance in behavioural intentions. Studies 2 and 3 compared the predictions of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Protection Motivation Theory. Study 2 was conducted in the context of smoking and Study 3 was conducted in the context of diet and exercise. An integrated model which combined the predictions of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Protection Motivation Theory was also devised and tested. Results of both studies suggested that the Theory of Planned Behaviour was the superior model – performing equivalently or better than Protection Motivation Theory in terms of accuracy for all health behaviours investigated. Investigating the integrated model highlighted relationships between constructs of both theories – most notably a consistent relationship between response-efficacy and attitudes. Finally, in Study 4 an integrated model combining the predictions of the Extended Parallel Process Model, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Stage Model and Risk Perception Attitude Framework is devised and tested. This model attempted to explain individuals’ responses to a fear-provoking health message based on their existing psychological characteristics and the message components. It was found that fear-provoking messages elicited little change in individuals’ perceptions of threat and efficacy and their attitudes and intentions. However, fear-provoking messages were associated with greater fear and maladaptive defensive responses – especially in those who were not already engaging in health protective behaviour. Numerous heretofore undiscovered associations between constructs of these models (e.g., individuals’ thoughts concerning the fear-provoking health message [Stage Model] being associated with reactance, defensive avoidance, self- and response-efficacy [Extended Parallel Process Model]) were also highlighted as a result of investigating the predictions of the integrated model. Taken together these findings suggest that model comparison can be utilised to identify the superior model from a candidate set of models. Further, theoretical integration can be utilised to increase the explanatory power of existing health behaviour models. Implications for theory and practice are discussed at length.
Gangire, Yotamu. "Assessing information security compliant behaviour using the self-determination theory." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27798.
Full textSchool of Computing
M. Tech. (Information Technology)
Negash, Wossen Assefa. "Development of an integrated framework for delivery care seeking behaviour among pregnant women in rural Ethiopia." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26943.
Full textHealth Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)