Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the predictor measures.

Theoretical framework	Constructs	N	Alpha	Mean	SD
Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)	Attitude direct	2	0.57	5.64	0.99
	Attitude indirect	7	0.76	29.94	6.62
	Subjective Norm	3	0.70	14.88	7.22
	Intention	3	0.79	4.90	1.24
	PBC direct	5	0.61	4.53	0.96
	PBC power	10	0.80	3.98	0.97
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)	Risk perception	6	0.60	4.84	0.79
	Outcome expectancies	9	0.80	24.93	4.68
	Self efficacy	10	0.82	4.55	0.89
	Generalised self efficacy	10	0.87	3.05	0.38
Implementation Intention (II)	Action Planning	-	-	5.15	1.59
Operant Learning Theory (OLT)	Anticipated consequences	3	0.42	4.84	0.89
	Evidence of habitual behaviour	3	0.86	4.37	1.61
	Experienced consequences	4	0.25	0.37	0.86
Common Sense Self regulation Model (CS-SRM)	Identity of condition	2	0.38	3.64	1.26
	Timeline acute	2	0.46	5.50	1.12
	Timeline cyclical	2	0.42	3.49	1.35
	Control (by treatment)	3	0.46	5.89	0.92
	Control (by patient)	3	0.61	5.60	1.11
	Control (by doctor)	2	0.13	5.47	1.00
	Cause a (past care)	1	-	2.67	1.49
	Cause b (exposure to fluoride)	1	-	4.68	1.71
	Cause c (chance or bad luck)	1	-	2.39	1.48
	Cause d (Diet)	1	-	6.59	0.82
	Cause e (oral hygiene)	1	-	6.28	1.21
	Consequence	2	0.411	4.93	1.22
	Emotional Response	4	0.652	3.58	1.11
	Coherence	2	0.524	5.76	1.01
Stage Model	Behavioural Stage*
Other	Knowledge	7	0.00	3.30	1.10
	Behavioural simulation	5	0.68	2.03	1.54

* Stages were distributed as follows: Unmotivated 73 (61%), Motivated (to do more sealants) (13%) Motivated (to do less sealants) 0 (0%); Action (had already something about increasing the number of fissure sealants placed) 31 (26%), Action (had already something about decreasing the number of fissure sealants placed) 1 (1%). Unmotivated 73 (61%) motivated/more sealants (13%) action/more sealants 31 (26%), action/less sealants 1 (1%)

Note: Table 2 reports a description of the constructs as they are used in all the analyses i.e., the final number of items and the final reliabilities, means and SDs.