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Alvin Patrick Valentin; Aivanne Miguel Dela Vega; Marc Ivenson Kho; Sean Russel Licayan; Elijah Liam Nierras; Jose Carlos Pabalate – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to determine and analyze the predictors of food waste reduction intention and behavior among higher education institutions (HEIs) using an extended version of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Design/methodology/approach: This study empirically tested an extended TPB model through regression analyses using data…
Descriptors: Food, Wastes, Behavior Change, Student Behavior
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Xiao Wei; Mengfan Xu; Li Yang; Zihan Gao; Jinke Kuang; Kexin Zhou – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Background. Health-promoting behaviors and positive lifestyle changes are crucial for effective stroke prevention. However, individuals at high risk of stroke exhibit poor health behavior due to a deficiency of individual motivation. Moreover, there are only a few studies on health-promoting behaviors that have applied behavior change theories in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons, Neurological Impairments
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Warner, Laura A.; Diaz, John M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2021
Purpose: The purpose was to examine whether connectedness to water could improve the predictive power of the Theory of Planned Behavior on outdoor water conservation intentions. Methodology: We adapted the well-established Connectedness to Nature Scale to measure connectedness to water. Using quantitative survey data from 3,596 residents, we used…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Water, Conservation (Environment), Program Development
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Hassan Barekati; Sakineh Rakhshanderou; Yadollah Mehrabi; Leili Mazar; Mohtasham Ghaffari – Health Education Research, 2025
Nosocomial infections are among the major challenges faced by health systems worldwide, with hand hygiene being one of the simplest and most important preventive measures. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) in improving hand hygiene behaviour among hospital…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Intervention
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Zhang, Yanchen; Cook, Clayton R.; Azad, Gazi F.; Larson, Madeline; Merle, James L.; Thayer, Jordan; Pauls, Alex; Lyon, Aaron R. – Prevention Science, 2023
As the most common setting where youth access behavioral healthcare, the education sector frequently employs training and follow-up consultation as cornerstone implementation strategies to promote the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, these strategies alone are not sufficient to promote desirable implementation (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Behavior Theories, Intention, Intervention
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Breslin, Gavin; Shannon, Stephen; Prentice, Garry; Rosato, Michael; Leavey, Gerard – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Background: Adolescent mental illness is of increasing concern, with prevalence increasing especially in females in the United Kingdom. While service-related barriers can deter help-seeking, the role of family support and engagement in family activities, and attitudes towards seeking help from a doctor has received little attention. Studies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mental Health, Help Seeking, Family Relationship
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Tingle, Alexander K.; Vincent, Stacy K.; Mazur, Joan; Dietrich, Morgan S.; Watson, Jennifer; Namkoong, Kang – Career and Technical Education Research, 2018
Seeking to reverse hazardous practices developed through Apprenticeship of Observation theory, the researchers explored secondary agriculture youth behavioral intent following their engagement in a four-part intervention. Utilizing a qualitative research design over a five-year period, the researchers interviewed 63 secondary students from 15…
Descriptors: Intention, Secondary School Students, Agricultural Education, Intervention
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Salleh, Sallimah; Laxman, Kumar – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2015
Research into teachers' attitudes, beliefs, competence, and inhibitions in relation to their use of technology may provide answers to a series of questions from administrators that relate to teachers' classroom implementation of Information and Communication Technology. The theory of planned behavior is a useful model for providing a framework for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Influences
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Cheng, Eddie W. L. – Educational Psychology, 2016
Professional training and development is a major component of updating teachers' pedagogical knowledge and skills. However, transferring such knowledge and skill may not always be successful. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the present study has developed a model specifying the factors affecting transfer maintenance intention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
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Carmi, Nurit; Arnon, Sara; Orion, Nir – Environmental Education Research, 2015
The domain of environmental protection is comprised from many sub-domains as recycling, conserving water, or reducing the consumption of energy. The attitude-behavior gap is partly explained by the gap between the specificity levels of the particular measured behavior and of its antecedent(s). The present study aimed at assessing the effects of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Intention
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Eckstein, Katharina; Noack, Peter; Gniewosz, Burkhard – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Drawing on data from a three-wave longitudinal study, the present research examined predictors of young adults' intentions to participate in politics and their actual political activities while referring to the broader assumptions of the theory of planned behavior. The analyses were based on a sample of university students from the federal state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Intention, Citizen Participation
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Van den Branden, Sigrid; Van den Broucke, Stephan; Leroy, Roos; Declerck, Dominique; Hoppenbrouwers, Karel – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: This study aimed to test the predictive validity of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) when applied to the oral health-related behaviours of parents towards their preschool children in a cross-sectional and prospective design over a 5-year interval. Methods: Data for this study were obtained from parents of 1,057 children born…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prediction, Parents, Health Behavior
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Gipson, Polly; King, Cheryl – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Treatment linkage and adherence to psychotherapeutic interventions can be challenging with suicidal individuals. Health behavior theories, specifically the Health Belief Model, Stages of Change, and Theory of Planned Behavior, focus on individuals' beliefs, their readiness to change, their perceptions of illness severity and "threat," their…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Health Behavior, Suicide, Cultural Differences
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Calderwood, Kimberly A. – Social Work, 2011
Theorists currently believe that bereaved people undergo some transformation of self rather than returning to their original state. To advance our understanding of this process, this article presents an adaptation of Prochaska and DiClemente's transtheoretical model of change as it could be applied to the journey that bereaved individuals…
Descriptors: Grief, Depression (Psychology), Models, Intention
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Luoma, Jason B.; Villatte, Jennifer L. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Suicidal behavior is exhibited by a diverse population of individuals and spans many diagnostic categories. In order to develop effective prevention and treatment programs, it is important to identify transdiagnostic processes that impact the many pathways to suicidality, are amenable to intervention, and affect clinical outcomes when modified. A…
Descriptors: Evidence, Suicide, Psychology, Outcomes of Treatment
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