Travelers' Health Risk Perceptions and Protective Behavior: A Psychological Approach
Travelers' Health Risk Perceptions and Protective Behavior: A Psychological Approach
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DOI：
10.1177/0047287516665479
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发表时间：
2017-07-01
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
Watson, Bernadette
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作者：
Chien, P. Monica;Sharifpour, Mona;Watson, Bernadette
虽然旅行健康风险的重要性有充分的文献记载，但人们评估其脆弱性并最终采取预防措施的过程需要澄清。本文的目的是更好地了解旅行者的健康风险感知和保护行为的潜在因素。使用健康心理学文献，一个概念模型，采用多层次的心理结构进行了测试，830名澳大利亚出境旅客。担心是一个重要的前因旅行健康风险的看法和风险保护行为。对健康相关风险的感知控制与风险感知不呈正相关，但与风险保护行为呈正相关。感觉寻求倾向与风险认知呈负相关，但与风险保护行为呈正相关。旅行风险认知在前因与风险保护行为之间起中介作用。为行业和政府的健康传播设计的影响进行了概述，并提出了未来的研究途径。
Although the significance of travel health risks is well documented, the process through which people assess their vulnerability and ultimately take on preventive measures needs clarification. The purpose of this article is to better understand factors underlying travelers' health risk perceptions and their protective behavior. Using the health psychology literature, a conceptual model that incorporates multilevel psychological constructs was tested with 830 Australian outbound travelers. Worry was an important antecedent to both travel health risk perceptions and risk-protective behavior. Perceived control over health-related risks was not positively associated with risk perceptions but was positively associated with risk-protective behavior. Sensation-seeking propensity was negatively associated with risk perceptions but positively associated with risk-protective behavior. Travel risk perceptions mediated the relationship between the antecedents and risk-protective behavior. Implications for the design of health communication for industry and government are outlined, and future research avenues are also proposed.