An instrument based on protection motivation theory to predict Chinese adolescents’ intention to engage in protective behaviors against schistosomiasis

Table 5 Correlations of the Instrument Based on PMT and Protective Behavioral Intention

PMT Subconstruct	Short-term Behavior Intention	Long-term Behavior Intention
Severity (S)	0.05*	0.05*
Vulnerability (V)	0.20**	0.21**
Intrinsic Reward (IR)	−0.12**	−0.15**
Extrinsic Reward (ER)	−0.12**	−0.14**
Response Efficacy (RE)	0.06**	0.07**
Self-Efficacy (SE)	0.40**	0.42**
Response Cost (RC)	−0.12**	−0.14**

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