Antecedents of behavioral intentions for purchasing safety tools among women.

ABSTRACT: The rise of crimes and violence against women are evident worldwide. The self-protection and behavioral aspects however are underexplored. The need for assessment for safety such as the purchasing intentions of safety tools should be considered to promote the mitigation and reduction of violence and crimes against women, may it be in households or outdoors. This study aimed to holistically analyze the determinants of behavioral intentions to purchase self-defense tools among women. Focusing on the Philippines, the structural equation modeling considering the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) and protection motivation theory (PMT) integrated model was completely analyzed. A total of 553 valid respondents were purposively gathered to completely assess the behavioral domains and prote

SUBMITTER: Ong AKS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395343 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature