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Motivation for Dental Home Care: Testing a Self‐Determination Theory Model 1
Author(s) -
HALVARI ANNE E. MÜNSTER,
HALVARI HALLGEIR,
BJØRNEBEKK GUNNAR,
DECI EDWARD L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00867.x
Subject(s) - deci , structural equation modeling , psychology , self determination theory , autonomy , competence (human resources) , confirmatory factor analysis , dental care , health care , social psychology , oral health , perception , clinical psychology , medicine , dentistry , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The present research developed the Self‐Regulation for Dental Home Care Questionnaire (SRDHCQ), based on self‐determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), and used it in an SDT process model of dental health behaviors and self‐rated oral health. In this model, patients' perceptions of autonomy‐supportive (relative to controlling) dental professionals were expected to positively predict patients' psychological needs satisfaction in treatment. Needs satisfaction was expected to be positively related to autonomous motivation for dental home care and perceived dental competence, which were expected to be positively associated with self‐rated oral health and dental health behaviors. Confirmatory factor analysis of the 5‐factor SRDHCQ model fit the data very well, and a structural equation model supported the hypothesized process model.