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French, David P., Sutton, Stephen, Hennings, Susie J., Mitchell, Jo, Wareham, Nicholas J., Griffin, Simon, Hardeman, Wendy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-9407 and Kinmonth, Ann Louise
(2005)
The importance of affective beliefs and attitudes in the theory of planned behavior:Predicting intention to increase physical activity.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35 (9).
pp. 1824-1848.
ISSN 0021-9029
Abstract
Standard theory of planned behavior (TPB) questions to elicit salient behavioral beliefs may elicit instrumental consequences of behavior, and overlook affective consequences. Two hundred thirteen English adults (35 to 75 years of age) completed a questionnaire that contained closed measures of TPB constructs, and open-ended questions that asked not only about advantages and disadvantages, but also what respondents would like or enjoy and dislike or hate about being more physically active. Beliefs elicited by affective questions were associated more strongly with a closed affective attitude scale. Beliefs elicited by instrumental questions were associated more strongly with a closed instrumental attitude scale. Closed measures of the standard TPB variables explained 48% of the variance in intention to increase physical activity, while affective attitude explained an additional 11% of the variance. Applications of the TPB should consider affective and not just instrumental determinants of behavior.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2015 08:20 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 01:31 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55439 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02197.x |
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