Protection motivation theory (English Wikipedia)

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Rogers, R. W. (1975). "A protection motivation theory of fear appeals and attitude change". Journal of Psychology. 91 (1): 93–114. doi:10.1080/00223980.1975.9915803. PMID 28136248.
Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Trinh, Linda (1 April 2010). "Protection Motivation Theory". Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 38 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1097/JES.0b013e3181d49612. PMID 20335741.
Van der velde, F.W.; van der Plight, J. (1991). "AIDS-related health behavior: Coping, protection, motivation, and previous behavior" (PDF). Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 14 (5): 429–451. doi:10.1007/bf00845103. PMID 1744908.
Floyd, D. L.; Prentice; Dunn, S.; Rogers, R. W. (2000). "A meta-analysis of research on protection motivation theory". Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 30 (2): 407–429. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02323.x.
Milne, S.; Sheeran, P.; Orbell, S. (2000). "Prediction and intervention in health-related behavior: A meta-analytic review of protection motivation theory". Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 30 (1): 106–143. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02308.x.
Boer, H.; Mashamba, M. T. (2005). "Psychosocial correlates of HIV protection motivation among black adolescents in Venda, South Africa". AIDS Education and Prevention. 17 (6): 590–602. doi:10.1521/aeap.2005.17.6.590. PMID 16398579.
Herath, T.; Rao, H. R. (2009). "Protection motivation and deterrence: a framework for security policy compliance in organisations". European Journal of Information Systems. 18 (2): 106–125. doi:10.1057/ejis.2009.6.
Ifinedo, P (2012). "Understanding information systems security policy compliance: An integration of the theory of planned behavior and the protection motivation theory". Computers & Security. 31 (1): 83–95. doi:10.1016/j.cose.2011.10.007.
Johnston, A. C.; Warkentin, M. (2010). "Fear appeals and information security behaviors: an empirical study". MIS Quarterly. 34 (3): 549–566. doi:10.2307/25750691. JSTOR 25750691.
Lee, D.; Larose, R.; Rifon, N. (2008). "Keeping our network safe: a model of online protection behaviour". Behaviour & Information Technology. 27 (5): 445–454. doi:10.1080/01449290600879344.
Jenkins, Jeffrey L.; Grimes, Mark; Proudfoot, Jeff; Benjamin Lowry, Paul (2014). "Improving password cybersecurity through inexpensive and minimally invasive means: Detecting and deterring password reuse through keystroke-dynamics monitoring and just-in-time warnings". Information Technology for Development. 20 (2): 196–213. doi:10.1080/02681102.2013.814040.
Nehme, Alaa; George, Joey F. (2022). "Approaching IT Security & Avoiding Threats in the Smart Home Context". Journal of Management Information Systems. 39 (4): 1184–1214. doi:10.1080/07421222.2022.2127449.
Boss, Scott R.; Galletta, Dennis F.; Benjamin Lowry, Paul; Moody, Gregory D.; Polak, Peter (2015). "What do users have to fear? Using fear appeals to engender threats and fear that motivate protective behaviors in users". MIS Quarterly. 39 (4): 837–864. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2015/39.4.5. SSRN 2607190.

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Johnston, A. C.; Warkentin, M. (2010). "Fear appeals and information security behaviors: an empirical study". MIS Quarterly. 34 (3): 549–566. doi:10.2307/25750691. JSTOR 25750691.

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Rogers, R. W. (1975). "A protection motivation theory of fear appeals and attitude change". Journal of Psychology. 91 (1): 93–114. doi:10.1080/00223980.1975.9915803. PMID 28136248.
Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Trinh, Linda (1 April 2010). "Protection Motivation Theory". Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 38 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1097/JES.0b013e3181d49612. PMID 20335741.
Van der velde, F.W.; van der Plight, J. (1991). "AIDS-related health behavior: Coping, protection, motivation, and previous behavior" (PDF). Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 14 (5): 429–451. doi:10.1007/bf00845103. PMID 1744908.
Boer, H.; Mashamba, M. T. (2005). "Psychosocial correlates of HIV protection motivation among black adolescents in Venda, South Africa". AIDS Education and Prevention. 17 (6): 590–602. doi:10.1521/aeap.2005.17.6.590. PMID 16398579.

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Nehme, Alaa; George, Joey F. (2022). "Approaching IT Security & Avoiding Threats in the Smart Home Context". Journal of Management Information Systems. 39 (4): 1184–1214. doi:10.1080/07421222.2022.2127449.

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Clay Posey, Tom L. Roberts, and Paul Benjamin Lowry (2015). "The impact of organizational commitment on insiders’ motivation to protect organizational information assets," Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) (forthcoming, accepted 06-Aug-2015).
Clay Posey, Tom L. Roberts, Paul Benjamin Lowry, James Courtney, and Rebecca J. Bennett (2011). "Motivating the insider to protect organizational information assets: Evidence from protection motivation theory and rival explanations," Proceedings of the Dewald Roode Workshop in Information Systems Security 2011, IFIP WG 8.11 / 11.13, Blacksburg, VA, September 22–23, pp. 1–51.

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Boss, Scott R.; Galletta, Dennis F.; Benjamin Lowry, Paul; Moody, Gregory D.; Polak, Peter (2015). "What do users have to fear? Using fear appeals to engender threats and fear that motivate protective behaviors in users". MIS Quarterly. 39 (4): 837–864. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2015/39.4.5. SSRN 2607190.

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Van der velde, F.W.; van der Plight, J. (1991). "AIDS-related health behavior: Coping, protection, motivation, and previous behavior" (PDF). Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 14 (5): 429–451. doi:10.1007/bf00845103. PMID 1744908.

Protection motivation theory (English Wikipedia)

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