Health prevention is a primary healthcare goal. Laypersons, however, still develop health problems leading to avoidable chronical diseases (especially, COVID-19, Allergy, and Influenza), as well as spreading out the disease to others. One of the important causal factors is losing self-control by using fault reasonings to reduce their anxiety on the undesirable health behaviors. Thus, it involves the concept of moral disengagement. This study aimed at constructing a health-related moral disengagement scale in 828 undergraduate students. Results from EFA indicated a 10-item model with 4 dimensions, namely, distortion of consequences (4 items), dehumanization (2 items), displacement of responsibility (2 items), and moral justification (2 items). The cumulative percentage of this model was 61.92%. The model was confirmed by performing second-order confirmatory factory analysis. The score reliability was 0.84. Implications and suggestions of employing this newly constructed scale are offered.

Authors:
Nonthacha Chaitawittanun, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Thailand
Anonglak Punpromthada, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Thailand
Duchduen E. Bhanthumnavin, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand

About the Presenter(s)
Dr.Nonthacha Chaitawittanun is a faculty member and lecturer in Community Development Major at Social Sciences for Local Development Faculty, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Thailand.

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