Role of affective attitudes and anticipated affective reactions in predicting health behaviors.

نویسندگان

  • Mark Conner
  • Rosemary McEachan
  • Natalie Taylor
  • Jane O'Hara
  • Rebecca Lawton
چکیده

OBJECTIVE Two measures of affect-affective attitude (AA) and anticipated affective reaction (AAR)-have frequently been used individually, but rarely simultaneously, in correlational studies predicting health behaviors. This research assessed their individual and combined impact in predicting intention and action for a range of health behaviors, controlling for theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables. METHOD Self-reported intentions and performance of health behaviors were the main outcome measures. DESIGN Study 1 is a meta-analysis of published studies (k = 16) measuring the relevant variables. In Study 2, adults (N = 426) completed questionnaires assessing TPB variables, past behavior, AA, AAR, and subsequent behavior for a range of health behaviors. RESULTS Across both studies, AA and AAR were only moderately intercorrelated, although both had significant correlations with both intentions and behavior. AA was a significant predictor of intentions and behavior after controlling for TPB variables (Studies 1 and 2) plus past behavior (Study 2). In Study 1, AAR was a significant predictor of behavior, but not intentions, when controlling for TPB variables. In Study 2, AAR was a significant predictor of intentions when controlling for both TPB variables plus past behavior (Study 2), but was not a significant predictor of behavior when controlling for either of these variables. Several relationships were moderated by health-behavior category. CONCLUSIONS Both AA and AAR are important predictors of health behaviors and can have independent effects on intentions and action. Studies manipulating both variables to test their independent and combined effects on behavior change are required.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Relationship of Ethical Leadership Context with Affective Commitment: Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support

Background: Ethical leadership represents the leader's proactive efforts to influence followers' ethical and unethical behavior and Follower work attitudes such as perceived organizational support, affective commitment and normal behaviors. The purpose of this research was to test the relationship of ethical leadership and ethical context with affective commitment that mediating the role of per...

متن کامل

Predicting the Tendency to Risky Behaviors According to Parenting Style and Mental-Affective Atmosphere Perception of the Family with the Mediation of Healthy Life Style in the Adolescents

The purpose of the present study was to predict the tendency to risky behaviors according to parenting style and mental-affective atmosphere perception of the family with the mediation of healthy lifestyle in the adolescents. The research method was correlational in structural equations modeling type. The statistical population of the study included secondary high school students (adolescents) ...

متن کامل

Predicting Unhealthy Eating Behaviors and Attitudes Based on Concerns about Body Deformity, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation, and Dysfunctional Reactions in Adolescent Girls

This study was undertaken to predict unhealthy eating behaviors and attitudes based on concerns about body deformity, difficulty in emotion regulation, and dysfunctional reactions in adolescent girls. The present study had a descriptive, correlational design. The statistical population included all adolescent girls aged between 14 and 20 in Kermanshah in 2018 from among whom 150 individuals wer...

متن کامل

The relationship between friendship quality, affective style and obsessive-compulsive, avoidant and dependent personality disorder symptoms

Abstract Interpersonal relationships and emotions are two factors which affected mental health, and can play an important role in the formatting or continuing of maladaptive personality traits. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between friendship quality and affective style with obsessive-compulsive, avoidant and dependent personality disorder. For this purpose, 400 f...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

دوره 34 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015