West Virginia University, Department of Psychology,53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-6040, United States.
West Virginia University, Department of Psychology,53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-6040, United States.
Burns. 2019 Aug;45(5):1242-1250. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2019.02.006. Epub 2019 Mar 6.
The current study examined the utility of Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in explaining adolescents' intentions to engage in fire-risk behaviors (e.g., using accelerants to start a fire), while controlling for relevant background variables. A total of 222 youth (M age=15.23years; 69% female) were recruited from public schools in rural and urban areas in the United States. Participants completed questionnaires that assessed fire and burn safety knowledge, TPB components, adolescent psychopathology, parental monitoring, and adolescent risk-taking. Using a multiple regression analysis, the TPB significantly predicted adolescents' intentions to engage in fire-risk behaviors (F(3, 193)=40.44, p<.001, R=.386). Specifically, adolescents' attitudes toward engaging in fire-risk behaviors (β=.46, p<.001) and the social pressure they perceived from others (e.g., parents, friends; β=.19, p<.01) emerged as significant predictors of their intentions to engage in fire-risk behaviors. These results suggest that youth who had positive attitudes (e.g., engaging in fire-risk behaviors is fun) towards fire-risk behaviors and who believed significant others would approve of them engaging in fire-risk behaviors tended to have more intentions to engage in these behaviors. The TPB was able to account for the variance in adolescents' intentions over and above several control/background variables (e.g., SES, gender), with the exception of rebellious behavior (β=.25, p<0.05). Results from this study can be used to inform the design of effective and targeted fire and burn prevention programs aimed specifically at adolescents.
本研究考察了艾真（Ajzen）计划行为理论（TPB）在解释青少年从事火灾风险行为（例如，使用助燃剂点火）意图时的效用，同时控制了相关背景变量。共有 222 名青少年（M 年龄=15.23 岁；69%为女性）从美国农村和城市的公立学校招募。参与者完成了评估火灾和烧伤安全知识、TPB 成分、青少年精神病理学、父母监督和青少年冒险行为的问卷。使用多元回归分析，TPB 显著预测了青少年从事火灾风险行为的意图（F(3, 193)=40.44，p<.001，R=.386）。具体而言，青少年对从事火灾风险行为的态度（β=.46，p<.001）和他们从他人那里感知到的社会压力（例如，父母、朋友；β=.19，p<.01）是他们从事火灾风险行为意图的重要预测因素。这些结果表明，对火灾风险行为持积极态度（例如，从事火灾风险行为很有趣）且认为重要他人会赞成他们从事火灾风险行为的年轻人往往更倾向于从事这些行为。TPB 能够解释青少年意图的变异性，超过了几个控制/背景变量（例如 SES、性别），但叛逆行为除外（β=.25，p<0.05）。本研究的结果可用于为专门针对青少年的有效和有针对性的火灾和烧伤预防计划的设计提供信息。
