Open AccessThe impact of changing attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy on health-related intentions and behavior: A meta-analysis.
Author(s) -
Paschal Sheeran,
Alexander Maki,
Erika Montanaro,
Aya Avishai-Yitshak,
Angela D. Bryan,
William M. P. Klein,
Eleanor Miles,
Alexander J. Rothman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000387
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychology , moderation , self efficacy , psychological intervention , behavior change , theory of planned behavior , cognition , social psychology , meta analysis , social norms approach , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , health behavior , developmental psychology , control (management) , medline , medicine , perception , statistics , management , mathematics , environmental health , neuroscience , psychiatry , political science , law , economics
Several health behavior theories converge on the hypothesis that attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy are important determinants of intentions and behavior. However, inferences regarding the relation between these cognitions and intention or behavior rest largely on correlational data that preclude causal inferences. To determine whether changing attitudes, norms, or self-efficacy leads to changes in intentions and behavior, investigators need to randomly assign participants to a treatment that significantly increases the respective cognition relative to a control condition, and test for differences in subsequent intentions or behavior. The present review analyzed findings from 204 experimental tests that met these criteria.
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