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The temporal stability and predictive validity of affect-based and cognition-based intentions
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Psychology, 2, 53, 315-327, British Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 315-327. Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
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Abstract
- Recent research has revealed individual differences in the extent to which people base their intentions on affect and cognition. Two studies are presented that assess whether such differences predict the strength of individuals' intention-behaviour relationships. Participants completed measures of affect, cognition, intention, and behaviour regarding a range of health behaviours. Study 1 (N = 300) found that the strength of the intention-behaviour relationship was significantly related to the extent to which individuals based their intentions on affect, but not to the extent they based them on cognition. Study 2 (N = 387) replicated the findings of the first study. In addition, Study 2 revealed that intention stability mediated the relationship between the degree people based their intentions on affect and the strength of the intention-behaviour relationship. Thus, individuals who base their intentions strongly on affect have more stable intentions, and are therefore more likely to enact them. © 2013 The British Psychological Society.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Predictive validity
Social Psychology
Health Behavior
Interactions
Stability (learning theory)
Intention
Affect (psychology)
LS - Life Style
Developmental psychology
Cognition
Behavioural Changes
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Behaviour
Affect
Health
Female
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Healthy for Life
Psychology
Social psychology
British psychological society
Healthy Living
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01446665
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f7ab042845a19cd2554a0b7d9fb35e6