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The Correlates of Antinuclear Activism: Attitudes, Subjective Norms, and Efficacy
Author(s) -
FOXCARDAMONE LEE,
Hinkle Steve,
Hogue Mary
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02492.x
Subject(s) - psychology , theory of planned behavior , social psychology , variance (accounting) , perception , action (physics) , anti nuclear antibody , theory of reasoned action , control (management) , medicine , business , physics , management , accounting , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , antibody , immunology , economics , autoantibody
Ajzen's (1988) theory of planned behavior was modified and used to examine antinuclear behavior. Subjects completed a questionnaire measuring their antinuclear attitudes, their perceptions of support for taking antinuclear action, and their perceptions of efficacy in this arena. Then, an antinuclear behavioral intentions questionnaire was presented, as well as several opportunities to engage in various antinuclear actions. Regression analyses indicated that Ajzen's model was supported to the extent that attitude emerged as a significant predictor of antinuclear intentions and behaviors. Subjective norms and efficacy were not significant predictors of either intentions or behaviors. Models incorporating behavior‐specific attitude measures accounted for more variance than did models using more general attitude measures toward nuclear war/weapons.