title: Evaluation of three interventions to promote workplace health and safety: evidence for the utility of implementation intentions.
abstract: This article evaluates a motivational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior, a volitional intervention based on implementation intentions, and a combined motivational plus volitional intervention in promoting attendance at workplace health and safety training courses in the UK. Intervention manipulations were embedded in postal questionnaires completed by participants (N=271). Subsequent attendance over a 3-month period was determined from course records. Findings showed that the volitional and combined interventions doubled the rate of attendance compared to the motivational and control conditions (rates were 39%, 32%, 12%, and 16%, respectively). The effects of the volitional intervention were independent of the effects of previous attendance, demographic variables, employment characteristics, and variables from the theory of planned behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK. p.sheeran@sheffield.ac.uk <p.sheeran@sheffield.ac.uk>
authors.forename: Paschal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sheeran
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D035841:Behavioral Research; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom