Advising Center for Student Development, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Institute of Higher Education, Research Centre for Capital Engineering Education Development, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 30;18(13):7009. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137009.
Higher education institutions (HEIs), among other social systems, have an irreplaceable role in combating COVID-19. However, we know little about institutional and individual factors that might facilitate university students' beliefs and behaviors toward preventive behaviors for COVID-19 within the higher education context. Our study applies an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to investigate the structural relationships among the institutional climate, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and preventive behaviors of university students and to detect the moderating impacts of perceived risk on the structural model. Data were collected from 3693 university students at 18 universities in Beijing, China through an online survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and multigroup analysis were performed to examine the empirical model. The results reveal that (1) the institutional climate has a significant, direct effect on preventive behaviors for COVID-19 among university students, (2) the TPB components, namely attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, partially mediate the relationship between the institutional climate and preventive behaviors for COVID-19, and (3) perceived risk moderates several paths in the model. Theoretical and practical implications are offered, and recommendations for future research are outlined.
高等教育机构（HEIs）在抗击 COVID-19 方面发挥着不可替代的作用。然而，我们对可能促进大学生对高等教育背景下 COVID-19 预防行为的信念和行为的制度和个人因素知之甚少。我们的研究应用扩展的计划行为理论（TPB）模型来调查高校学生的制度氛围、态度、主观规范、感知行为控制和预防行为之间的结构关系，并检测感知风险对结构模型的调节作用。数据来自中国北京 18 所大学的 3693 名大学生，通过在线调查收集。采用结构方程模型（SEM）和多组分析来检验实证模型。结果表明：（1）制度氛围对大学生 COVID-19 预防行为有显著的直接影响；（2）TPB 各组成部分，即态度、主观规范和感知行为控制，部分中介了制度氛围与 COVID-19 预防行为之间的关系；（3）感知风险调节了模型中的几个路径。本文提出了理论和实践意义，并概述了未来研究的建议。
