Abstract
The present study applied the trans-contextual model (TCM) to understand the motivational processes underpinning workers’
injury prevention and rehabilitation intentions and behavior. Full-time police officers (N = 207; M age = 37.24, SD = 9.93) completed questionnaire measures of the TCM variables. Covariance-based SEM for the full sample revealed
that the effect of autonomy support from supervisor on autonomous motivation for injury prevention (M-injury) was fully mediated
by autonomous work motivation (M-work), and the effect of M-injury on intention was fully mediated by attitude and subjective
norm. Variance-based SEM for the 87 participants who had recent occupational injury showed that the effect of autonomy support
from supervisor on autonomous treatment motivation (M-treatment) was partially mediated by M-work, and the effect of perceived
autonomy support from physician on treatment adherence was fully mediated by M-treatment. There was no effect of treatment
adherence on recovery length. Findings support the motivational sequence of the TCM in an occupational context.
injury prevention and rehabilitation intentions and behavior. Full-time police officers (N = 207; M age = 37.24, SD = 9.93) completed questionnaire measures of the TCM variables. Covariance-based SEM for the full sample revealed
that the effect of autonomy support from supervisor on autonomous motivation for injury prevention (M-injury) was fully mediated
by autonomous work motivation (M-work), and the effect of M-injury on intention was fully mediated by attitude and subjective
norm. Variance-based SEM for the 87 participants who had recent occupational injury showed that the effect of autonomy support
from supervisor on autonomous treatment motivation (M-treatment) was partially mediated by M-work, and the effect of perceived
autonomy support from physician on treatment adherence was fully mediated by M-treatment. There was no effect of treatment
adherence on recovery length. Findings support the motivational sequence of the TCM in an occupational context.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-16
- DOI 10.1007/s11031-011-9247-4
- Authors
- Derwin King-Chung Chan, Personality, Social Psychology, and Health Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK
- Martin S. Hagger, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Journal Motivation and Emotion
- Online ISSN 1573-6644
- Print ISSN 0146-7239