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Lwin, May O.; Li, Benjamin; Ang, Rebecca P. – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Online harassment is a widespread phenomenon with consequential implications, especially for adolescents, who tend to engage in high-risk behavior online. Through the use of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), we examine the predictors motivating the intention of youths to adopt protection behavior against online harassment. A survey was conducted…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Intention, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Rotherram-Borus, Mary Jane; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Examined cognitive-behavioral (health-belief, social cognitive, peer support), risk-taking, and stress/coping models as predictors of safer sex practices among 136 gay/bisexual males, ages 14-19. Components of the health-belief, self-efficacy theories, and emotional distress models corresponded with safer sex practices; peer support was not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Bisexuality, Cognitive Measurement