Determinants of Domestic Risk Prevention Behavior: The Importance of Separating Effects Within-Persons and Between-Persons.

ABSTRACT: The effects of vulnerability, severity, costs, effort, and effectiveness on prevention behavior, derived from protection motivation theory and the health belief model, have been extensively tested in the literature and have all been shown to predict rather well. In this study we test the effects of these determinants in a new context: the domestic risk prevention domain. The specific behaviors under study are related to the risks of burglary, fire, and water damage. In addition to previous studies, our multilevel research design allows us to evaluate which differences in the performance of domestic prevention behavior can be attributed to differences between persons and which to differences between behaviors within persons. Our results show that all determinants are relevant predictors for

SUBMITTER: Jansen PCP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature