The current research examined the impact that nondiagnostic individuating information has on the consistency between subjects’ attitudes toward a group and their behavioral intentions toward individual group members. Consistent with predictions, nondiagnostic individuating information reduced the consistency between subjects’ intentions to vote for a political candidate and their attitudes towa...

This article examines the impact of a popular documentary series about teen pregnancy, MTV's 16 and Pregnant, on adolescent girls' pregnancy-related attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions. The results suggest that girls who watched 16 and Pregnant, compared with a control group, reported a lower perception of their own risk for pregnancy and a greater perception that the benefits of teen...

Over 60% of all Americans are classified as overweight or obese. This represents a major public health concern, as obesity is a risk factor for many other health ailments. While many people intend to lose weight, they often have difficulty changing their current behavioral patterns (as evidenced by modest correlations between intention and behavior). Therefore, one of the major challenges for o...

This study investigates gain-framed and loss-framed messages on graphic cigarette warning labels and their effects on adolescents' smoking-related attitudes and behaviors. Canadian cigarette warning labels emphasizing health consequences of smoking (loss-framed) were digitally manipulated into gain-framed versions. High school students (N = 210) completed a questionnaire measuring attitudes, pe...

Sharing knowledge of Physicians within hospitals can realize potential gains enormously and is critical to be successful and survive in competitive environments. There is a need for empirical research to identify the factors that determine physician's behavior to share knowledge. This study investigates the factors that determine the physician's individual knowledge sharing behavior in his/her ...

An extended theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991), incorporating the postdecisional phase of behavior and constructs from self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), was tested for physical activity using a prospective survey design. Participants (N = 172) completed measures of intentions, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), self-determined motivation, continu...

The goal of this study was the exploration of distal effects of alcohol use on condom use. Criminally involved adolescents completed an initial measure of attitudes, beliefs, and prior behavior. Of the 300 who completed the initial measurement, 267 (89%) completed a behavioral assessment 6 months later. Analyses validated a theoretical model of condom use intentions and indicated that intention...

Using a theory of planned behavior (TPB) perspective, individual intentions to register and discuss the organ donation decision with significant others were examined. In addition to standard TPB variables (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control [PBC]), selfidentity and moral norm were incorporated into the TPB as predictors. Australian university students (N = 303) complete...

This research explores the repurchase intentions of technology consumers who have experienced malfunctions of purchased products. Identifying the theoretical factors associated with repurchase intentions is essential for testing the applicability of technology adoption research within the context of different product lifecycles. Also, it is an important matter for technology companies in shapin...

The present review addresses the physiological correlates of planning effects on behavior. Although intentions to act qualify as predictors of behavior, accumulated evidence indicates that there is a substantial gap between even strong intentions and subsequent action. One effective strategy to reduce this intention-behavior gap is the formation of implementation intentions that specify when, w...