Predicting food hygiene. An investigation of social factors and past behaviour in an extended model of the Health Action Process Approach

Chow, Shirley Chen; Mullan, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2009.09.018

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“…However, previous studies on food hygiene behaviors (15,37) also found this pattem, so it is possible that this finding is characteristic of this particular behavior in this population. This result suggests that participants perceived important others, such as parents, friends, the media, and health professionals, to be infltiential over theii-intentions to perform safe food handling and, also, that they have motivation to comply with these people.…”

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Hygienic Food Handling Behaviors: Attempting To Bridge the Intention-Behavior Gap Using Aspects from Temporal Self-Regulation Theory

Fulham

Mullan

2011

Journal of Food Protection

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An estimated 25% of the populations of both the United States and Australia suffer from foodborne illness every year, generally as a result of incorrect food handling practices. The aim of the current study was to determine through the application of the theory of planned behavior what motivates these behaviors and to supplement the model with two aspects of temporal self-regulation theory--behavioral prepotency and executive function--in an attempt to bridge the "intention-behavior gap." A prospective 1-week design was utilized to investigate the prediction of food hygiene using the theory of planned behavior with the additional variables of behavioral prepotency and executive function. One hundred forty-nine undergraduate psychology students completed two neurocognitive executive function tasks and a self-report questionnaire assessing theory of planned behavior variables, behavioral prepotency, and intentions to perform hygienic food handling behaviors. A week later, behavior was assessed via a follow-up self-report questionnaire. It was found that subjective norm and perceived behavioral control predicted intentions and intentions predicted behavior. However, behavioral prepotency was found to be the strongest predictor of behavior, over and above intentions, suggesting that food hygiene behavior is habitual. Neither executive function measure of self-regulation predicted any additional variance. These results provide support for the utility of the theory of planned behavior in this health domain, but the augmentation of the theory with two aspects of temporal self-regulation theory was only partially successful.

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confidence: 62%

Hygienic Food Handling Behaviors: Attempting To Bridge the Intention-Behavior Gap Using Aspects from Temporal Self-Regulation Theory

Fulham

Mullan

2011

Journal of Food Protection

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“…Maintenance self-efficacy, on the other hand, is an optimistic belief during the post-actional (volitional) phase, where an individual perceives they have the competence and capability to persevere the formed action of behavior in the face of obstacles. A recent meta-analysis provided support for the HAPA constructs of planning and self-efficacy in predicting health behaviors [44], and previous research has also shown planning and self-efficacy to predict college students' hand washing [45,46] and sleep hygiene [47] more specifically.…”

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Predicting Hand Washing and Sleep Hygiene Behaviors among College Students: Test of an Integrated Social-Cognition Model

Zhang

Fang

Zhang

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Objective: Hand washing and sleep hygiene are two important health behaviors. The purpose of the current study was to identify the motivational and volitional antecedents of college students' hand washing and sleep hygiene behaviors based on an integrated model of behavior that combined social-cognition constructs from the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Health Action Process Approach (HAPA). Methods: Using a prospective design, college students (N = 1106) completed a survey assessing the motivational constructs of action self-efficacy, attitudes, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, intentions, and behaviors of hand washing and sleep hygiene at Time 1. Demographic variables were also collected. One month later, at Time 2, college students (N = 524) self-reported on their volitional factors of maintenance self-efficacy, action planning, coping planning, and behaviors of hand washing and sleep hygiene. A further 2 months later, at Time 3, college students (N = 297) were asked to self-report on their hand washing and sleep hygiene behaviors over the past month. Findings: Data were analyzed using variance-based structural equation modelling. Results showed significant direct effects of attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control on intentions; significant direct effects of action self-efficacy on maintenance self-efficacy; and significant direct effects of maintenance self-efficacy on action planning and coping planning. Significant direct effects of intention on action planning (sleep hygiene only), and significant direct effects of intention, maintenance self-efficacy (hand washing only), action and coping planning on behavior were also observed. Action planning also moderated the intention-behavior relationship, but only for hand washing. There were also significant total indirect effects of action self-efficacy on behavior mediated by maintenance self-efficacy, action planning, and coping planning for both behaviors, and significant total indirect effects of subjective norm and perceived behavioral control on behavior mediated by intention for sleep hygiene. When past behavior was included in the integrated model predicting all the psychological variables and behavior, all of the structural relations were attenuated. Discussion: Current findings indicate that college students' hand washing and sleep hygiene behaviors are a function of both motivational and volitional factors. Findings also indicate that the TPB and HAPA pathways might differ for the two health behaviors. Implications of the current findings for future health interventions aimed at improving college students' hand washing and sleep hygiene are discussed.

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“…This suggests that food handling behaviour is not wholly within volitional control and people perceive that there are salient barriers which prevent them from achieving the behaviour. Similarly, studies using the Health Action Process Approach model found that action self-efficacy was the strongest predictor of intentions to perform hygienic food practices (Chow & Mullan, 2010;Mullan, Wong, & O'Moore, in press). There is evidence that an individual's self-efficacy beliefs are positively related to the goals they set and their commitment to engage in the intended behaviour, even if failure occurs (Schwarzer, 1992).…”

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Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to design a food hygiene intervention

Mullan

Wong

2010

Food Control

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Twenty percent of food poisoning annually in Australia is believed to result from consumer food handling behaviour. Research advocates the use of social cognition theories in designing food hygiene interventions, however very few studies have actually done so. Thus, this study investigated the efficacy of a food hygiene intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). One hundred and eighty-four participants completed a TPB questionnaire, including questions regarding past behaviour and food hygiene knowledge, and then were randomly allocated to a knowledge and implementation intention group, a combined knowledge/implementation intention/PBC group, or a control group. Behaviour was measured four weeks later. The TPB predicted a high proportion of variance in both intentions and behaviour, but neither intervention improved participants' food hygiene behaviours. However, knowledge and PBC were significantly increased in the PBC group. The implications of this for future research are explored.

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Predicting food hygiene. An investigation of social factors and past behaviour in an extended model of the Health Action Process Approach

Cited by 71 publications

References 24 publications

Hygienic Food Handling Behaviors: Attempting To Bridge the Intention-Behavior Gap Using Aspects from Temporal Self-Regulation Theory

Hygienic Food Handling Behaviors: Attempting To Bridge the Intention-Behavior Gap Using Aspects from Temporal Self-Regulation Theory

Predicting Hand Washing and Sleep Hygiene Behaviors among College Students: Test of an Integrated Social-Cognition Model

Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to design a food hygiene intervention

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