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Protective Motivation

Protective Motivation is a psychological construct that refers to an individual's motivation to avoid or minimize health threats through the adoption of protective behaviors, distinguished by the interplay of threat appraisal and coping appraisal within the Protective Motivation Theory framework.

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A Protection Motivation Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change1

Ronald W. Rogers · The Journal of Psychology · 1975 · 6.6K citations

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Cognitive and physiological processes in fear appeals and attitude change : A revised theory of protection motivation

R. W. Rogers, Ronald W. Rogers · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1983 · 2.5K citations

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A Meta‐Analysis of Research on Protection Motivation Theory

Donna L. Floyd, Steven Prentice‐Dunn, Ronald W. Rogers · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 2000 · 2.5K citations

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Protection motivation and self-efficacy: A revised theory of fear appeals and attitude change

James E. Maddux, Ronald W. Rogers · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1983 · 2.3K citations

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Protection motivation and deterrence: a framework for security policy compliance in organisations

Tejaswini Herath, H. Raghav Rao · European Journal of Information Systems · 2009 · 1.2K citations

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  1. RW
    Ronald W. Rogers

    University of Alabama, United States

    11 publications · 16.7K citations

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  2. MB
    Majid Barati

    Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

    6 publications · 483 citations

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  3. SP
    Steven Prentice‐Dunn

    University of Alabama, United States

    6 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. RC
    Ronald C. Plotnikoff

    University of Newcastle Australia, Australia

    6 publications · 405 citations

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  5. AK
    Ardvin Kester S. Ong

    Mapúa University, Philippines

    5 publications · 358 citations

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526

  1. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

    Yazd, Iran

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    558 citations

  3. Mapúa University

    Manila, Philippines

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    513 citations

  5. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    697 citations

  6. Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

    Hamadan, Iran

    6 h-index

    33 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    2K citations

  8. Tarbiat Modares University

    Tehran, Iran

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    358 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    11 publications · 3.6K citations

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  3. Psychology and Health

    9 publications · 541 citations

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  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    9 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Psychology Health & Medicine

    6 publications · 384 citations

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