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dc.contributor.authorChan, D.
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin
dc.contributor.authorFung, Y.
dc.contributor.authorFung, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:36:07Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:36:07Z
dc.date.created2014-08-17T20:00:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationChan, D. and Hagger, M. and Fung, Y. and Fung, Y. 2012. Motivation for myopia prevention: a preliminary test of the trans-contextual model. Psychology & Health. 27 (S1): pp. 18-19.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13287
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08870446.2012.707817
dc.description.abstract

Background: Near-work is one of the major antecedents of myopia. Therefore, this study aims to apply the trans-contextual model to understand how self-determined (SD) motivation of myopia prevention and autonomy support are associated with the SD-motivation and behaviour of reading at an optimal distance. Methods: Participants (108 undergraduate students) completed questionnaires of the study variables one month before we assessed their 18 EHPS 2012 abstracts Downloaded by [Chinese University of Hong Kong] at 01:22 17 June 2014 voluntary reading distance (by an ultrasound-device) at a laboratory setting. We analysed the data by partial-least-square modeling. Findings: Consistent with the hypothesis, SD-motivation of myopia prevention was predicted positively by autonomy support from significant others (i.e., parents and optometrists), and it was the significant predictor of the SD-motivation of optimal-distance-reading. Participants who had higher levels of SD-motivation of optimal-distance-reading tended to read further away from the reading material. Discussion: The trans-contextual model may be a useful framework to explain the top-down motivational process of myopia prevention.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectMotivation for myopia prevention: a preliminary test of the trans-contextual model
dc.titleMotivation for myopia prevention: a preliminary test of the trans-contextual model
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume27
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage18
dcterms.source.endPage19
dcterms.source.issn0887-0446
dcterms.source.titlePsychology & Health
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
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