Table 3 Hierarchical regression analyses testing the predictors of parents’ intention and behaviour to use child health information from the Internet to diagnose/treat and increase understanding
Diagnose/Treat | Increase Understanding | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Step 1β | Step 2 β | Step 3 β | R2 | R2Δ | Step 1 β | Step 2 β | Step 3 β | R2 | R2Δ | |
Intention | |||||||||||
1 | Attitude | .38*** | .31*** | .28*** | .76 | .76*** | .28*** | .23*** | .22*** | .73 | .73*** |
Subjective norm | .52*** | .45*** | .43*** | .46*** | .41*** | .41*** | |||||
PBC | .06* | .05 | .06* | .31*** | .28*** | .27*** | |||||
2 | Risk | -.12** | -.13** | .77 | .01** | -.12** | -.13*** | .74 | .01** | ||
Group norm | .07* | .09* | .08** | .08** | |||||||
3 | Age | -.01 | .78 | .01** | .02 | .75 | .01** | ||||
Number of children | -.04 | -.04 | |||||||||
Medical background | -.09** | -.09** | |||||||||
Employment | .01 | -.02 | |||||||||
Education | -.02 | .04 | |||||||||
Hours/wk Internet | .05* | .03 | |||||||||
Behaviour | |||||||||||
1 | Intention | .31*** | .30* | .29* | .15 | .15*** | .41*** | .37** | .36** | .12 | .12*** |
PBC | .02 | .02 | .01 | -.11 | -.11 | -.10 | |||||
2 | Attitude | -.06 | -.05 | .16 | .01 | -.07 | -.08 | .12 | .01 | ||
Subjective norm | .18 | .17 | .11 | .11 | |||||||
Risk | .05 | .02 | .01 | -.01 | |||||||
Group norm | .00 | .01 | .00 | -.00 | |||||||
Age | -.07 | .18 | .03 | -.12 | .16 | .03 | |||||
Number of children | .00 | -.02 | |||||||||
Medical background | -.13 | -.07 | |||||||||
Employment | -.01 | -.03 | |||||||||
Education | .08 | .05 | |||||||||
Hours/wk Internet | -.02 | -.02 | |||||||||