Protection Motivation Theory Of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change (Rogers, 1975)
A. Fear Appeal의 crucial components
- magnitude of noxiousness of a depicted event
- probability of that event's occurrence
- efficacy of a protective response
1. 묘사되는 현상의 유해함의 정도
2. 그러한 현상이 일어날 확률과
3. 보호 반응이 얼마나 효과가 있는지
그리고 이 각각 세개가 attitude change와 관련된 cognitive appraisal process에 관여한다 (equally potent in behavioral change)
B.
- fear appeal이 여러가지 성질을 가진 sitmuli인 것을 모두가 인정하지만 실험을 바탕으로,
relevant stimulus variables
associated events
attitude change 관련 systematic한 효과는 많이 입증되지 않았다.
+ components of a fear appeal
- 그러니까 conceptual issues가 needs to be clarified and extended 되어야 함 -- 우리의 목표 = attitude change
C.


Protection Motivation (aka attitude change)
- won't be activated if an event is not appraised as severe.
- high probability of occurrence + high efficacy of coping response
- i.e., people appraise the severity and likelihood of being exposed to a depicted noxious event --> evaluate their ability to cope with the event --> and alter their attitudes accordantly.
IVs:
Fear, fear appeal, threat severity, threat susceptibility, self-efficacy, response efficacy, response costs, maladaptive intrinsic rewards, maladaptive extrinsic rewards, threat appraisal, coping appraisal, adaptive response, maladaptive response
DVs: Protection motivation “the protection motivation concept involves any threat for which there is an effective recommended response that can be carried out by the individual” (Floyd et al. 2000, p. 409).