New Priorities in Prevention of Oral Disease *

Burt, Brian A.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.1982.tb04057.x

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“…For adults, the chief reason to perform dental hygiene behaviors is to prevent periodontal (gum) disease. A regimen of daily brushing and flossing is typically recommended to remove the plaque that is associated with periodontal disease (Burt, 1982). No research has explicitly tested the Fishbein and Ajzen model with dental behaviors, but various components of the model have been examined.…”

Section: Dental Hygienementioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting the Performance of Dental Hygiene Behaviors: An Examination of the Fishbein and Ajzen Model and Self‐Efficacy Expectations¹

McCaul

O'Neill

Glasgow

1988

J Applied Social Pyschol

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This study examined the value of the Fishbein and Ajzen model of behavioral intentions and Bandura's concept of self‐efficacy expectations as prospective predictors of the dental hygiene behaviors of young adults. All participants (73 males and 58 females) completed self‐report measures of the predictor variables and 60% of that group (N = 77) then recorded brushing and flossing behaviors over a four‐week period. The Fishbein and Ajzen model accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in intentions to brush (R2= .32) and intentions to floss (R2= .30). Intentions were in turn related to self‐monitoring records of brushing and flossing frequency (rs= .52 and .61). Introducing self‐efficacy expectations into the Fishbein and Ajzen model failed to improve the prediction of brushing and flossing frequency. However, self‐efficacy was predictive of behavioral intentions, adding significantly to the variance accounted for by the attitudinal and subjective norm components of the Fishbein and Ajzen model. These data suggest that self‐efficacy expectations are important in understanding protective health behaviors and that the inclusion of a self‐efficacy component in the Fishbein and Ajzen model deserves consideration.

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Section: Dental Hygienementioning

confidence: 99%