• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제51권
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• pp.5-25
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• 2010

본 연구는 신종플루 관련 뉴스 이용 정도가 개인 및 공중에 대한 건강보호 행위의도에 미치는 영향을 보호동기이론(protection motivation theory)을 통해 살펴보았다. 구체적으로 신종플루 뉴스 이용 정도를 독립변인으로, 심리적 보호동기요인(신종플루에 대한 인지된 심각성, 취약성, 대처효능감, 자기효능감)을 매개변인으로 그리고 개인과 공중에 대한 건강보호 행위의도를 종속변인으로 설정하였다. 대학생 460명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 각 구성요인 간의 인과관계를 연구모형으로 설정하고 구조방정식모델(SEM)로 분석하였다. 연구결과에 의하면, 첫째 '개인 건강보호 행위의도' 연구모형에서 신종플루 뉴스 이용 정도는 신종플루 관련 보호동기 요인들에 유의미한 인과관계를 나타냈으나 '대처효능감'은 제외되었다. 또한 세 가지 보호동기 요인(지각된 심각성, 지각된 취약성, 자기효능감)들은 개인 건강보호 행위의도에 유의미한 정적 인과관계를 나타냈다. 둘째 '공중 건강보호 행위의도' 연구모형에서 신종플루 뉴스 이용 정도는 '대처효능감'을 제외한 모든 보호동기 요인에 유의미한 관계를 나타냈으며 보호동기 요인들 중에 '인지된 취약성'과 '대처효능감'만이 공중 건강보호 행위의도에 유의미한 정적 인과관계를 나타냈다. 두 연구모형의 공통점으로는 신종플루 뉴스이용 정도가 개인 또는 공중 건강보호 행위의도에 직접적인 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 특정 질병에 대한 건강보호 행위의도에 있어서 건강보호 대상(자신 혹은 타인)이 누구인가에 따라 심리적 보호동기들은 다르게 작동하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.87-109
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• 2013

While many surveys show very positive attitudes on the part of consumers towards eco-friendly products, the market share actually reflecting green IT purchases remains low in most countries. The motivations behind green IT purchase behavior are still obscure. Several studies have addressed the question of green IT diffusion from economic and normative viewpoints in an attempt to interpret IT adoption behavior. This study comes at the question from a different angle, namely negative frame, examining threat and coping behaviors using the Ordered Protection Motivation (OPM) model and threat appraisal theory. The results show that attitudes toward fairness and positive change, which are precedents of threat appraisal, play an important role in determining threat appraisal. Perceived threats in the green IT arena include habit change and ecological change. Appraisal for coping with these threats directly affects initial adoption behaviors regarding available green IT, and then indirectly encourages the purchase of new green IT products.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6477-6480
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• 2015

Purpose: Given the importance of sun protection in the prevention of skin cancer, this study was designed to determine predictors of sun-protective practices among a sample of Iranian female college students based on protection motivation theory (PMT) variables. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 201 female college students in Iran University of Medical Sciences were selected. Demographic and PMT variables were assessed with a 67-item questionnaire. Multiple linear regression was used to identify demographic and PMT variables that were associated with sun-protective practices and intention. Results: one percent of participants always wore a hat with a brim, 3.5% gloves and 15.9% sunglasses while outdoors. Only 10.9% regularly had their skin checked by a doctor. Perceived rewards, response efficacy, fear, self-efficacy and marital status were the five variables which could predict 39% variance of participants intention to perform sun-protective practices. Also, intention and response cost explained 31% of the variance of sun-protective practices. Conclusions: These predictive variables may be used to develop theory-based education interventions to prevent skin cancer among college students.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.59-71
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 보호동기 이론을 기반으로 인터넷 사용자의 개인정보 보호행동의 변화를 설명하고, 사용자의 개인정보 권익을 보호하기 위한 방안에 대해 모색하는 것이다. 보호동기 이론은 위협메시지에 의한 보호행동의 변화과정을 설명하기 위한 대표적인 이론으로, 본 연구에서는 개인정보에 대한 위협과 개인정보 보호행동에 대한 개인의 인지적 평가가 보호동기를 형성하고 보호동기가 개인정보 보호행동에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 확인하였다. 또한 개인정보 권리보장 및 권리구제와 관련된 법제도를 반영하여서 개인정보 권리인지 변인을 개발하였다. 즉 개인정보 관련 법률이 개인정보 보호에 대한 인식이나 행동변화에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보았다. 본 연구는 선행연구들과 달리 법제도를 반영한 개인정보 권리인지 변인을 개발하여 개인정보 보호행동의 변화에 대해 분석하였다. 연구의 결과 개인정보 권리인지 변인이 개인정보 보호행동에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 요인으로 밝혀졌으며, 법제도를 통한 정보주체의 권리보장이 개인정보 보호행동을 촉진시키는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과가 추후 개인정보 관련 신규정책 확립에 있어서 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이라 생각한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1227-1232
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• 2014

Background: Given that there are many Iranian women who have never had a Pap smear, this study was designed to develop and validate a measurement tool based on the Protection Motivation Theory to assess factors influencing the Iranian women's intention to perform first Pap testing. Materials and Methods: In this psychometric research, to determine the Content Validity Index (CVI) and the Content Validity Ratio (CVR), a panel of experts (n=10) reviewed scale items. Reliability was estimated through the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (n=30) and internal consistency (n=240). Also, factor analysis (exploratory and conformity) was performed on the data of the sample women who had never had a Pap smear test (n=240). Results: A 26-item questionnaire was developed. The CVI and CVR scores of the scale were 0.89 and 0.90, respectively. Exploratory factor analysis loaded a 26-item with seven factors questionnaire (perceived vulnerability and severity, fear, response costs, response efficacy, self-efficacy, and protection motivation (or intention)) that jointly accounted for 72.76% of the observed variance. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit for the data. Internal consistency (range 0.70-0.93) and test-retest reliability (range 0.72-0.96) of sub-scales were acceptable. Conclusions: This study showed that the designed instrument was a valid and reliable tool for measuring the factors influencing the women's intention to perform their first Pap testing.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.113-131
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• 2014

Smartphone security threat has become an important issue in Information Science field following the wide distribution of smartphones. However, there are few studies related to such. Therefore, this study examined the factors affecting the intention of smartphone users to use the mobile vaccine against malware with the Protection Motivation Theory. To secure the reliability of the study, a surveying agency was commissioned. A total of 263 respondents, excluding 37 respondents who are users of iOS, which does not have mobile vaccine in the smart phone, or who gave invalid responses, were surveyed. The results showed that perception of the installed mobile vaccine significantly affected the Response Efficacy and Self-efficacy, and that the Perceived Severity, Perceived Vulnerability, Response Efficacy, and Self-efficacy significantly influenced the intention to use the mobile vaccine. On the other hand, Installation Perception of mobile vaccine itself did not affect the Perceived Severity and Perceived Vulnerability. This study is significant since it presented the new evaluation model of threat evaluation and response evaluation in the Protection Motivation Theory in accepting the security technology and raised the need for the promotion and exposure of mobile vaccine, since perception of mobile vaccine installation affects the response evaluation. It also found that the promotion must consider the seriousness of smartphone security, outstanding attribute of mobile vaccine, and user-friendliness of mobile vaccine above all.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2016

Purpose This study aims to investigate the factors that influence decision making in relation to providing personal information on the internet with respect to the integration of the privacy calculus theory and protection motivation theory based on the dual-calculus model proposed by Li(2012). Design/methodology/approach The privacy calculus theory and protection motivation theory have been applied to explain privacy behavior to a certain degree but few studies have been conducted to explain privacy behavior based on the integration of these two theories. Although Li(2012) proposed the dual-calculus model, he only proposed its framework and did not carry out an empirical study. Therefore, this study proposes a research model that integrates these two theories and examines the relationship between the two theories through an empirical study. Findings According to the results of empirical analysis, it was found that all relations have statistically significant explanatory power except the relation between coping appraisal and privacy risk in the risk calculus process. Thus, the results verify that external threat played a decisive role in increasing the risk level of a consumer's privacy. It can be discussed the ways to enhance the privacy behavior of consumer on the internet through these findings.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.205-218
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that the characteristics of Protection Motivation Theory affects the addiction of social game users in Korea and then, to verify how these factors make an impact on the addiction through the immersion. The characteristics of protection motivation theory are vulnerability, severity, efficiency, and disability, and we want to study the influence of each characteristic on social game flow and the relationship leading to addiction. The results of this research can be useful for 'social game addiction prevention education'. This study was conducted to survey the users who had experienced using the social game to verify the suggested hypothesis. As the results of the survey, first of all, vulnerability appeared to have a positive effect on the flow. Secondly, severity appeared not to have a positive impact on the flow. Thirdly, efficiency turned out to affect the flow. Fourthly, disability turned out to have a positive impact upon the flow. Lastly, flow was revealed to make a positive impact on the addiction. The results of this study will help to construct the content of 'social game addiction prevention education program'.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.51-74
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• 2020

Purpose Since the number of personal information breach incidents increased, many people have perceived the importance of personal information protection, in the recent. Especially, the number of personal information breach targeting middle-aged and elderly people rapidly increases. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the factors which influence to fail of online information security behaviors among the elderly. Design/methodology/approach This study made a research model by adopting the factors deducted from the protection motivation theory. To analyze the research model, we conducted an online survey targeted on the elderly and middle ages users who have nations of Korean and Chinese respectively. Findings According to the empirical analysis result, we identified that only perceived severity and perceived vulnerability affected information security awareness. On contrast, it was also discovered that perceived barriers, self-efficacy, and response efficacy did not affect information security awareness. Additionally, the awareness of information security also did not affect information security behaviors. Middle-aged and elderly people with personal information protection education did more information security behaviors than people those who no education experiences. Korean middle-aged and elderly people with education significantly did more information protection behaviors than the people without the education.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제15권sup1호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2021

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The recent coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has brought to light issues regarding personal and environmental cleanliness. Individuals may have concerns about cleanliness at food service establishments when they consume food prepared at a restaurant. In Korea, a new restaurant hygienic certificate system was implemented in 2017. The effect of this new system has not been evaluated. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study investigated consumers' perceptions of these new certificates using the protection motivation theory (PMT). An online survey was conducted to collect data and then exploratory factor analysis, analysis of variance, and multiple regression tests were run. RESULTS: The results of this study indicate that 3 different certificates had significant differences in threat (P < 0.001) and benefit (P < 0.001) perception. However, experience with a foodborne illness from a restaurant did not effect on the PMT variables. In addition, the 3-tier certificate did not motivate consumers to protect themselves against foodborne illnesses, while previous experiences of foodborne illness (P < 0.05), coping (P < 0.001), and benefits (P < 0.01) affected this protection motivation. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that consumers were not influenced by different certificate levels regarding their motivation to protect themselves from foodborne illnesses. Therefore, an improved plan should be initiated to clarify the meaning of these certificates. The results of this study can help the application and development of a new system for future adaptations.