Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction
Wearing facemask is an effective strategy for preventing the spread of the H1N1 in enclosed public spaces. This quasi-experiment examined the effects of University professor ‘autonomy support on students’ motivation, social cognitive factors, and intention to wear facemasks in the lecture hall durin...
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2015
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| author | Chan, Derwin Yang, Sophie Xin Mullan, Barbara Du, X. Zhang, X. Chatzisarantis, Nikos Hagger, Martin |
| author_facet | Chan, Derwin Yang, Sophie Xin Mullan, Barbara Du, X. Zhang, X. Chatzisarantis, Nikos Hagger, Martin |
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| description | Wearing facemask is an effective strategy for preventing the spread of the H1N1 in enclosed public spaces. This quasi-experiment examined the effects of University professor ‘autonomy support on students’ motivation, social cognitive factors, and intention to wear facemasks in the lecture hall during a hypothetical H1N1 pandemic. University students (N = 705) completed self-report measures of motivation, social cognitive factors, and intention according to a hypothetical H1N1 pandemic scenario in which their professors asked them to wear facemasks in the lecture hall, using either an ‘autonomy-supportive’ interpersonal style or a ‘controlling’ style. The results showed that the manipulation of professors’ autonomy support exerted a positive effect on students’ perception of autonomy support, which positively predicted their self-determined motivation, social cognitive factors, and intentions to wear facemasks. In conclusion, promoting self-determined motivation using autonomy-supportive communication styles might be an effective means of fostering individuals’ adaptive beliefs and motivation of H1N1 prevention. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-101272017-10-27T01:31:04Z Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction Chan, Derwin Yang, Sophie Xin Mullan, Barbara Du, X. Zhang, X. Chatzisarantis, Nikos Hagger, Martin Wearing facemask is an effective strategy for preventing the spread of the H1N1 in enclosed public spaces. This quasi-experiment examined the effects of University professor ‘autonomy support on students’ motivation, social cognitive factors, and intention to wear facemasks in the lecture hall during a hypothetical H1N1 pandemic. University students (N = 705) completed self-report measures of motivation, social cognitive factors, and intention according to a hypothetical H1N1 pandemic scenario in which their professors asked them to wear facemasks in the lecture hall, using either an ‘autonomy-supportive’ interpersonal style or a ‘controlling’ style. The results showed that the manipulation of professors’ autonomy support exerted a positive effect on students’ perception of autonomy support, which positively predicted their self-determined motivation, social cognitive factors, and intentions to wear facemasks. In conclusion, promoting self-determined motivation using autonomy-supportive communication styles might be an effective means of fostering individuals’ adaptive beliefs and motivation of H1N1 prevention. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10127 10.1007/s10865-014-9616-z Springer New York LLC restricted |
| spellingShingle | Chan, Derwin Yang, Sophie Xin Mullan, Barbara Du, X. Zhang, X. Chatzisarantis, Nikos Hagger, Martin Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title | Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title_full | Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title_fullStr | Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title_short | Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| title_sort | preventing the spread of h1n1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10127 |