Shiraly Ramin, Khani Jeihooni Ali, Mir Fazal Irshad, Griffiths Mark D
Community Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Nutrition Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2024 Sep 4;32(4):616-631. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2024.2372776. eCollection 2025.
The objectives of the present study were to develop and validate the Public Law-Abiding Tendency Scale (PLATS) and to examine its association with some health-related behaviors. Several steps were taken including item suggestion and discussion by an expert panel, sequential item reduction to maximize internal consistency using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. A sample comprised 1108 community-dwelling participants. Internal consistency and construct validity of the PLATS were examined. The 10-item scale showed good psychometric properties. There was a significantly moderate association between PLATS scores and COVID-19 preventive behaviors ( = 0.564; < .001), indicating that a greater tendency to abide by public regulations was positively associated with more adherence to health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study findings suggest the PLATS is a promising new scale for assessing individuals' tendency to abide by general public laws that could provide an empirical basis for further study on this topic.
本研究的目的是开发并验证《公共守法倾向量表》（PLATS），并检验其与一些健康相关行为的关联。研究采取了几个步骤，包括由一个专家小组提出并讨论项目，通过探索性和验证性因素分析进行连续的项目删减以最大化内部一致性。样本包括1108名社区居民参与者。对PLATS的内部一致性和结构效度进行了检验。这个10项量表显示出良好的心理测量特性。PLATS得分与新冠疫情预防行为之间存在显著的中度关联（r = 0.564；p <.001），表明在新冠疫情期间，更强的遵守公共法规倾向与更多地遵循健康建议呈正相关。研究结果表明，PLATS是一个有前景的新量表，可用于评估个体遵守一般公共法律的倾向，可为该主题的进一步研究提供实证依据。
