Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict HPV vaccination intentions of college men |
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Authors: | Hannah Priest Catalano Adam P. Knowlden David A. Birch James D. Leeper Angelia M. Paschal Stuart L. Usdan |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA;2. Department of Health Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA;3. Department of Community and Rural Medicine, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA |
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Abstract: | Objective: The purpose of this study was to test Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) constructs in predicting human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination behavioral intentions of vaccine-eligible college men. Participants: Participants were unvaccinated college men aged 18–26 years attending a large public university in the southeastern United States during Spring 2015. Methods: A nonexperimental, cross-sectional study design was employed. Instrumentation comprised a qualitative elicitation study, expert panel review, pilot test, test-retest, and internal consistency, construct validity, and predictive validity assessments using data collected from an online self-report questionnaire. Results: The sample consisted of 256 college men, and the final structural model exhibited acceptable fit of the data. Attitude toward the behavior (β = .169) and subjective norm (β = 0.667) were significant predictors of behavioral intention, accounting for 58% of its variance. Conclusions: Practitioners may utilize this instrument for the development and evaluation of TPB-based interventions to increase HPV vaccination intentions of undergraduate college men. |
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Keywords: | College men health education HPV vaccination Theory of Planned Behavior |
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