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Shiraly, R., Jeihooni, A.K., Mir, F.I. and Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524,
2024.
The relationship between public law-abiding tendency and safe COVID-19 behaviors, development of a new scale and association with health-related behaviors.
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
ISSN 1321-8719
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Abstract
The objectives of the present study were to develop and validate the Public Law-Abiding Tendency Scale (PLATS) and to examine its association with some health-related behaviors. Several steps were taken including item suggestion and discussion by an expert panel, sequential item reduction to maximize internal consistency using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. A sample of 1108 community-dwelling individuals were recruited. Internal consistency and construct validity of the PLATS were examined. A 10-item scale was extracted showing good psychometric properties. There was a significantly moderate association (r = 0.564; p<.001) between PLATS scores and COVID-19 preventive behaviors, indicating that a greater tendency to abide by public regulations was positively associated with more adherence to health recommendations during a global health crisis. The scale was associated with some health-related behaviors such as COVID-19 preventive behaviors. The study findings suggest the PLATS is a promising new scale for assessing individuals’ tendency to abide by general public laws that could provide an empirical basis for further study on this topic.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Psychiatry, Psychology and Law | ||||||
| Creators: | Shiraly, R., Jeihooni, A.K., Mir, F.I. and Griffiths, M.D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||||
| Date: | 4 September 2024 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1321-8719 | ||||||
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| Rights: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law on 4 September 2024, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2024.2372776 | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Laura Ward | ||||||
| Date Added: | 08 Aug 2024 08:30 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2024 16:01 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51947 |
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