{"title":"Can the theory of planned behaviour explain walking to and from school among Australian children? A social marketing formative research study","authors":"Bo Pang, S. Rundle‐Thiele, K. Kubacki","doi":"10.1002/NVSM.1599","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Evidence indicates that lower levels of obesity among school-age children can be achieved through active travel to school. This research aimed to investigate the explanatory potential of constructs in the theory of planned behaviour for carers' decisions about their children's walking to and from school. The data from two online surveys of 1,076 carers in 2 Australian states showed that the theory of planned behaviour explained 35.7% of the variance in walking to and from school. The results indicate that higher perceived behavioural control, social norms, and intentions among carers are associated with higher incidence of walking to and from school by children in Australia. Limitations of the current study and future research directions are outlined.","PeriodicalId":47178,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing","volume":"145 8 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/NVSM.1599","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 16
Abstract
Evidence indicates that lower levels of obesity among school-age children can be achieved through active travel to school. This research aimed to investigate the explanatory potential of constructs in the theory of planned behaviour for carers' decisions about their children's walking to and from school. The data from two online surveys of 1,076 carers in 2 Australian states showed that the theory of planned behaviour explained 35.7% of the variance in walking to and from school. The results indicate that higher perceived behavioural control, social norms, and intentions among carers are associated with higher incidence of walking to and from school by children in Australia. Limitations of the current study and future research directions are outlined.
期刊介绍:
International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing provides an international forum for peer-reviewed papers and case studies on the latest techniques, thinking and best practice in marketing for the not-for-profit sector. Its objective is to provide a forum for the publication of refereed papers and practice notes which are of direct relevance to the practitioner while meeting the highest standards of intellectual rigour. In so doing, the Journal seeks to encourage communication and the sharing of expertise between all those concerned with nonprofit marketing, including those who are involved with fundraising and marketing, public relations, advertising and communications, IT and database management, academics and consultants to the sector. The main sectors covered by International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing are: Goods and services marketing, Fundraising, Advertising and promotion, Branding and positioning, Campaigns and lobbying, Ethics and fundraising, Information technology and database management, Sponsorship, Public relations, Events management.