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Self‐involvement, intention certainty and attitude—intention consistency
Author(s) -
Nederhof Anton J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1989.tb00854.x
Subject(s) - certainty , psychology , social psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , norm (philosophy) , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , political science , law
The relationship of two qualities of the attitude structure, namely self‐involvement and intention certainty, with the consistency of the attitude—intention, subjective norm‐intention and direct experience—intention relations was investigated. Self‐involvement exerted a moderating effect upon the direct experience—intention and the subjective norm—intention relations, but not on the attitude—intention relation. Although some earlier research used direct experience as an indicator of self‐involvement, it was shown that, as hypothesized, the two variables correlate only modestly. Certainty about intention was, as hypothesized, connected with higher consistency between intentions on the one hand and attitudes, subjective norms and direct experience on the other hand.