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Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research
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Research on the relation between attitude and behavior is examined in light of the correspondence between attitudinal and behavioral entities. Such entities are defined by their target, action, context, and time elements. A review of available empirical research supports the contention that strong attitude-behavior relations dre obtained only under high correspondence between at least the target and action elements of the attitudinal and behavioral entities. This conclusion is compared with the rather pessimistic assessment of the utility of the attitude concept found in much contemporary social psychological literature.
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“Much has been made of the fact that general dispositions tend to be poor predictors of behavior in specific situations.”
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“First, the measures of intention and of perceived behavioral control must correspond to (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977) or be compatible with (Ajzen, 1988) the behavior that is to be predicted.”
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“Commonly, attitude is a strong predictor of behavior (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977) and is associated with behavioral intention to consume a variety of foods (Cook, Kerr, & Moore, 2002;Patch, Tapsell, & Williams, 2005;Verbeke, 2005), including functional foods (Hung, de Kok, & Verbeke, 2016;O'Connor & White, 2010).”
From Relationships between functional food consumption and individual traits and values: A segmentation approach (2021) · cites this paper as Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977
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- Authors
- Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- ORCID
- Ajzen, Icek
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1977-09
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 888-918
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W1981018178
- Cited by
- 7,611
- References
- 151
- Citations by year
- 2026: 183 · 2025: 314 · 2024: 389 · 2023: 497 · 2022: 423 · 2021: 448 · 2020: 448 · 2019: 399 · 2018: 337 · 2017: 356 · 2016: 311 · 2015: 326 · 2014: 352 · 2013: 236 · 2012: 212
- FWCI
- 41.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Pro-Environmental Behavior and Attitudes
- Keywords
- attitude-behavior relationship, attitude theory, social psychology of attitudes
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