Gender Variations in the Psychological Factors as Defined by the Extended Health Belief Model of Oral Hygiene Behaviors

Validity of Measures Assessing Oral Health Beliefs of American Indian Parents

“…Consistent with previous studies, not all of the four original HBM constructs proved to be significant predictors of health behavior [13, 18, 19]. Overall, perceived benefits and self-efficacy had high internal consistency, while the other subscales had low internal consistency.…”

“…Still, application in oral health research has been scant, with existing studies singularly focused on predicting oral hygiene habits in adults. Outcomes from oral health studies reflected that self-efficacy was a significant predictor of adult engagement in oral hygiene behaviors, while the predictive strength for each original HBM constructs varied among the oral hygiene studies [13, 18, 19]. The HBM measures most predictive of adult oral hygiene behaviors were perceived severity of the disease and perceived barriers to engaging in the oral health behavior [13, 18, 19].…”

“…Outcomes from oral health studies reflected that self-efficacy was a significant predictor of adult engagement in oral hygiene behaviors, while the predictive strength for each original HBM constructs varied among the oral hygiene studies [13, 18, 19]. The HBM measures most predictive of adult oral hygiene behaviors were perceived severity of the disease and perceived barriers to engaging in the oral health behavior [13, 18, 19]. Conclusions drawn from these studies highlight the importance of identifying specific beliefs underlying an individual’s health behavior to guide development of tailored approaches for health promotion interventions.…”

Biopshychosocial and Economic Determinants of Personal Hygiene in the Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases in Sragen District, Central Java

“…In rela-tion to new behaviors that should be adopted, an individual should believe that the benefits of these new behaviors are greater than the consequences of continuing the old behaviors. Zetu et al (2013) stated that there has been relationship between perceived barriers and disease-preventing behaviors in which the problems of cost becomes a barrier in pursuing healthy behaviors. Last but not the least, the results of this study are also in accordance to the theory of HBM which explains that the perceived barriers might act as a barrier in performing the recommended behaviors (Romano, 2014).…”

“…High self-efficacy might cause an individual to endure longer in more difficult problems, to throw away ineffective problem solving activities, to be quicker in selecting strategies, to review any mistakes in their work, to prepare themselves toward more challengeing objectives to spend lesser time in being anxious toward the consequences of failure (WSP, 2008). Zetu et al (2013) suggested that self-efficacy hasbeen related to a belief that an individual has the capacity to performing expected positive actions.…”