Understanding the intentions of families with a child with autism to participate in a family recreation program: A pilot study

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Jasmine Townsend, PhD, CTRS ◽  
Marieke Van Puymbroeck, PhD, CTRS
Keyword(s):  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
Recreational Therapy ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Family Leisure ◽  
Intentions To Participate ◽  
Family Recreation

Family systems theory and the Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning are useful frameworks that can provide guidance in the development of family recreation services for families with children with autism. These families may experience positive and successful outcomes from family leisure participation, yet few family recreation programs exist that can appropriately accommodate their needs. A Web-based study was conducted following the principles of the reasoned action approach to understand the beliefs and intentions surrounding participation in a family recreation program. Findings revealed that families have high intentions to participate, as well as positive attitudes toward participation. This information can prove useful to recreational therapy service providers as they consider developing family services.

Reasoned Action Approach Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Diet Among African American Men Living With HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110119
Author(s):  
Terri-Ann Kelly ◽  
Soojong Kim ◽  
Loretta S. Jemmott ◽  
Larry D. Icard ◽  
Deepti Chittamuru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Living With Hiv

Epidemiological evidence of the protective role of fruits and vegetables for a host of chronic health conditions is well-documented. However, there is a dearth of studies examining predictors of fruit and vegetable intake among African American men living with HIV. We report secondary analyses—multiple regression and logistic regression models fitted to examine the strength of the relationships between the reasoned action approach constructs; namely, attitudes, subjective norms, descriptive norms, self-efficacy and intention to consume fruits and vegetables, and self-reported adherence to 5-A-DAY guidelines. We used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial of a physical activity intervention trial with 302 African American men aged 40 years or older ( M = 53.9; SD = 7.2) living with HIV. Attitudes, subjective norms, descriptive norms, and self-efficacy were positively associated with intention to meet 5-A-DAY guidelines. More positive attitudes toward 5-A-DAY guidelines were associated with higher odds of meeting 5-A-DAY guidelines. More positive attitudes and self-efficacy were also positively associated with meeting the guidelines for intake of vegetable servings and fruit-and-vegetable servings combined. To increase fruit and vegetable intake among African American men living with HIV, interventions should be tailored to address the perceived benefits of consumption.

scholarly journals A reasoned action approach to understand vaccination intention among healthcare professions students

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
F De Nard ◽  
S Rivolta ◽  
M Letzgus ◽  
M Gaiazzi ◽  
D Carnevali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Medical Residents ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Flu Vaccination ◽  
Vaccination Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Professions ◽  
Prevention Techniques ◽  
Vaccination Knowledge

Abstract Background Understanding the predictors of vaccination intention among healthcare workers, including students in healthcare professions (SHPs), is crucial for policy making and for the development of evidence-driven training programs. The reasoned action approach (RAA) model includes three components to predict intention: attitude (experiential/instrumental), perceived norm (injunctive/descriptive), and perceived behavioral control (capacity/autonomy). We aimed to investigate the predictors of seasonal Flu vaccination intention among SHPs of the University of Milan. Methods We spread an e-survey to all medical residents and first- and last-year SHPs (medicine, nursery, midwifery, healthcare assistance and prevention techniques). The strength of association between measures of RAA components (as well as sociodemographic data, past vaccination behavior, vaccination knowledge, and perceived vaccination facilitation strategies), and vaccination intention was estimated using uni- and multivariate logistic regression models. Results Among 5743 invited SHPs, 884 participated in the survey and were included in the descriptive analyses (52,3% medical residents, 19,9% medicine, 21,1% nursing, 3,6% healthcare assistance, 2,7% prevention techniques and 0,5% midwifery students). Twenty-nine psycho-attitudinal items with an overall Cronbach alpha >0.7 were included in the analyses. The regression analyses were performed on 751 subjects who filled in completely the survey. Past vaccination behavior, vaccination knowledge, experiential attitudes, and perceived vaccination facilitation strategies were positive predictors of Flu vaccination intention (OR 8.16, 2.42, 1.96 and 1.15 respectively, p < 0.05). Conclusions Our results indicated knowledge, experiential attitudes and facilitation strategies as modifiable predictors of vaccination intention among SHPs. Targeted and lasting interventions are needed in order to pursue a change in the strongest predictor, past vaccination behavior. Key messages Past vaccination is the strongest predictor of vaccination intention among students in healthcare professions. Knowledge, attitudes and perceived facilitators predict vaccine propensity among students in healthcare professions.

Identifying beliefs behind boys’ use of mobile phones to monitor girlfriends and girls’ acceptance: a reasoned-action approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 922-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainara Nardi-Rodríguez ◽  
Mª Ángeles Pastor-Mira ◽  
Sofía López-Roig ◽  
Victoria Ferrer-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach

Pregnant Smokers’ Intention to Switch From Cigarettes to E-Cigarettes: A Reasoned Action Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Page D. Dobbs ◽  
Paul Branscum ◽  
Amy M. Cohn ◽  
Alayna P. Tackett ◽  
Ashley L. Comiford
Keyword(s):  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Pregnant Smokers

scholarly journals Meta-Analysis of the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA) to Understanding Health Behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary McEachan ◽  
Natalie Taylor ◽  
Reema Harrison ◽  
Rebecca Lawton ◽  
Peter Gardner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach

The Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning: A Systematic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 436-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine A. Townsend ◽  
Marieke Van Puymbroeck ◽  
Ramon B. Zabriskie
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
The Core ◽  
Family Leisure

Beliefs Underlying Eating Better and Moving More

2012 ◽  
Vol 640 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Middlestadt
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Belief Elicitation ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Salient Beliefs

The reasoned action approach has been used to identify the determinants of a behavior to be modified by social and behavioral interventions. Information on the specific beliefs underlying behavioral decisions is vital to intervention design. More attention is needed on the salient belief elicitation—a critical step in a theory-based formative research process. This article considers the methodological issues involved in conducting a salient belief elicitation with special attention to an elicitation that allows the comparison of results across several behaviors and priority groups. The author uses the behaviors underlying overweight and obesity as her central example. To support the development of interventions to improve cardiovascular health and to explore methods for a comparative analysis of salient belief elicitations, semistructured interviews were conducted with 243 adults from two rural and two urban worksites in Indiana and 344 students from three middle schools in rural Indiana. Content and frequency analyses identified the modal salient beliefs underlying several eating and physical activity behaviors. Illustrative results are presented, and recommendations for salient belief elicitation are discussed.

scholarly journals The reasoned action approach applied to health behavior: Role of past behavior and test of some key moderators using meta-analytic structural equation modeling

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S Hagger ◽  
Juho Polet ◽  
Taru Lintunen
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Past Behavior

Rationale: The reasoned action approach (RAA) is a social cognitive model that outlines the determinants of intentional behavior. Primary and meta-analytic studies support RAA predictions in multiple health behaviors. However, including past behavior as a predictor in the RAA may attenuate model effects. Direct effects of past behavior on behavior may reflect non-conscious processes while indirect effects of past behavior through social cognitive variables may represent reasoned processes. Objective: The present study extended a previous meta-analysis of the RAA by including effects of past behavior. The analysis also tested effects of candidate moderators of model predictions: behavioral frequency, behavior type, and measurement lag.Method: We augmented a previous meta-analytic data set with correlations between model constructs and past behavior. We tested RAA models that included and excluded past behavior using meta-analytic structural equation modeling and compared the effects. Separate models were estimated in studies on high and low frequency behaviors, studies on different types of behavior, and studies with longer and shorter measurement lag.Results: Including past behavior attenuated model effects, particularly the direct effect of intentions on behavior, and indirect effects of experiential attitudes, descriptive norms, and capacity on behavior through intentions. Moderator analyses revealed larger intention-behavior and past behavior-behavior effects in high frequency studies, but the differences were not significant. No other notable moderator effects were observed.Conclusion: Findings indicate a prominent role for habitual processes in determining health behavior and inclusion of past behavior in RAA tests is important to yield precise estimates of model effects.

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