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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Behav Med. 2014 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction.[/h] Chan DK[SUP]1[/SUP], Yang SX, Mullan B, Du X, Zhang X, Chatzisarantis NL, Hagger MS.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] 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.
PMID: 25542273 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25542273
[h=1]Preventing the spread of H1N1 influenza infection during a pandemic: autonomy-supportive advice versus controlling instruction.[/h] Chan DK[SUP]1[/SUP], Yang SX, Mullan B, Du X, Zhang X, Chatzisarantis NL, Hagger MS.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] 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.
PMID: 25542273 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25542273