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Self‐regulation in oral hygiene behaviours in adults with gingivitis: The mediating role of coping planning and action control
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Aim: This study investigates the joint role of volitional predictors of oral hygiene
behaviours of flossing and brushing in adults with gingivitis, framed by the Health
Action Process Approach model (HAPA).
Materials and Methods: In a longitudinal online survey, 201 participants aged 18-75,
of which 56.7% were women, completed assessments at baseline(T1), 2 weeks(T2)
and 4 months(T3). Oral hygiene behaviours(OH) (brushing and flossing) and social
cognitive determinants of behaviour in the HAPA: action and maintenance selfefficacy(ASE & MSE), intention(INT), coping planning(CP) and action control(AC)
were evaluated. Structural equation modelling was used to test a series of three
nested models. In Model 1, action self-efficacy would determine MSE and INT, and
INT would determine OH; in Model 2, INT would determine both CP and AC and
the two OH behaviours; and in Model 3, CP and AC would be sequential mediators
between INT and OH.
Results: Model 3, predicting a mediating process from intention to behaviour via
coping planning and action control, showed the best fit according to the fit indices
and explained more of the variance in dental hygiene. The mediating role of coping planning and action control between intention and oral hygiene behaviours was
thus confirmed. Importantly, coping planning did not mediate between intention and
oral hygiene behaviours, which means that oral hygiene intention influences action
control through coping planning, and both sequentially mediate this influence on
behaviour.
Conclusions: For individuals who are not yet following the recommendations for specific oral hygiene behaviours, coping planning and action control represent psychological mechanisms by which intentions are put into practice.
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Behavioural science Gingival health Oral hygiene Psychosocial determinants of oral health Self-regulation
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Araújo, M., Alvarez, M.-J., Godinho, C. A., Almeida, T., & Pereira, C. (2020). Self-regulation in oral hygiene behaviors in adults with gingivites: The mediating role of coping planning and action control. International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 18(2), 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/idh.12430
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Wiley