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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Atl J Commun. 2012 Feb 1;20(1):31–52. doi: 10.1080/15456870.2012.637027

Table 6.

Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) Framework as a Predictor of Adolescent Information Seeking (N=522 parent-adolescent pairs)

DV=Adolescents’ Information Seeking
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Adolescent age (years) .05 .04 .04 .04
Female −.02 −.01 −.02 −.04
Parental education .04* .04* .04* .02
Household income −.00 −.00 −.00 −.00
Adolescent attitudes .24*** .13* .14* .10**
Adolescent RPA groups
   Indifference (reference) -- -- --
   Proactive −.01 .02 .04
   Avoidance .16 .23* .21*
   Responsive .43*** .50*** .47***
Parent RPA groups
   Indifference (reference) -- --
   Proactive −.13 −.01
   Avoidance −.20* −.18*
   Responsive −.17* −.24***
Family global warming communication .31***
Adjusted R2 .082 .156 .181 .282
F 10.38*** 13.07*** 10.28*** 18.08***

Note. N = 523 parent–adolescent pairs. RPA = risk perception attitude.

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001