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Higher education institutions (HEIs), among other social systems, have an irreplaceable role in combating COVID-19. However, we know little about institutional and individual factors that might facilitate university students’ beliefs and behaviors toward preventive behaviors for COVID-19 within the higher education context. Our study applies an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to investigate the structural relationships among the institutional climate, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and preventive behaviors of university students and to detect the moderating impacts of perceived risk on the structural model. Data were collected from 3693 university students at 18 universities in Beijing, China through an online survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and multigroup analysis were performed to examine the empirical model. The results reveal that (1) the institutional climate has a significant, direct effect on preventive behaviors for COVID-19 among university students, (2) the TPB components, namely attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, partially mediate the relationship between the institutional climate and preventive behaviors for COVID-19, and (3) perceived risk moderates several paths in the model. Theoretical and practical implications are offered, and recommendations for future research are outlined.
Jiabin Li; Xianwei Liu; Yang Zou; Yichu Deng; Meng Zhang; Miaomiao Yu; Dongjiao Wu; Hao Zheng; Xinliang Zhao. Factors Affecting COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors among University Students in Beijing, China: An Empirical Study Based on the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 7009 .
AMA StyleJiabin Li, Xianwei Liu, Yang Zou, Yichu Deng, Meng Zhang, Miaomiao Yu, Dongjiao Wu, Hao Zheng, Xinliang Zhao. Factors Affecting COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors among University Students in Beijing, China: An Empirical Study Based on the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (13):7009.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiabin Li; Xianwei Liu; Yang Zou; Yichu Deng; Meng Zhang; Miaomiao Yu; Dongjiao Wu; Hao Zheng; Xinliang Zhao. 2021. "Factors Affecting COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors among University Students in Beijing, China: An Empirical Study Based on the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 7009.
The college impact model provides a valuable framework for explaining various college student learning outcomes. However, few quantitative studies have examined the effectiveness of college impact model in explaining engineering undergraduates’ sustainability consciousness, a critical learning outcome in engineering education. This study proposes a modified college impact model to test the structural links among curriculum experiences, sustainable agency beliefs, and engineering undergraduates’ sustainability consciousness, and to explore the moderating effect of gender on the structural model. Data are collected from 1804 senior engineering students enrolled in five traditional engineering disciplines at 14 first-class engineering universities in China. Structural equation modeling was used for testing the research model. The results demonstrate that (1) curricular emphasis has a significant direct impact on all three dimensions of students’ sustainability consciousness, while instructional practice has a significant direct influence on the sustainability knowingness dimension; (2) both curricular emphasis and instructional practice have a significant indirect influence on sustainability consciousness through the full or partial mediation of sustainable agency beliefs; and (3) gender moderates several paths in the structural model. Theoretical and practical implications are provided, and suggestions for future research are offered.
Qiudi Zhao; Xianwei Liu; Yonghong Ma; Xiaoqi Zheng; Miaomiao Yu; Dongjiao Wu. Application of the Modified College Impact Model to Understand Chinese Engineering Undergraduates’ Sustainability Consciousness. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2614 .
AMA StyleQiudi Zhao, Xianwei Liu, Yonghong Ma, Xiaoqi Zheng, Miaomiao Yu, Dongjiao Wu. Application of the Modified College Impact Model to Understand Chinese Engineering Undergraduates’ Sustainability Consciousness. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2614.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQiudi Zhao; Xianwei Liu; Yonghong Ma; Xiaoqi Zheng; Miaomiao Yu; Dongjiao Wu. 2020. "Application of the Modified College Impact Model to Understand Chinese Engineering Undergraduates’ Sustainability Consciousness." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2614.