Associations between parental protective motivation, behaviors, and child outcomes in allergic diseases: a cross-sectional study based on protection motivation theory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising burden of pediatric allergic diseases underscores parental intentions and behaviors as critical to allergic prevention and management. This study aims to develop and validate a Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) based scale for parents of children with allergic diseases, and to examine the associations between parental protection motivation, their management intentions and behaviors, and pediatric health outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among parents of children with allergic diseases at Hangzhou Children's Hospital, Zhejiang Province, China, from July to December 2022. The PMT scale was developed using data from a pilot survey (N = 440) and validated in an empirical study (N = 443). Structural equation modeling mapped interconnect

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12512795 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature