Webb, Thomas L. and Sheeran, Paschal (2006) Does changing behavioural intentions engender behavior change? Psychological Bulletin, 132 (2). pp. 249-268. ISSN 0033-2909
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Numerous theories in social and health psychology assume that intentions cause behaviors. However, most tests of the intention-behavior relation involve correlational studies that preclude causal inferences. In order to determine whether changes in behavioral intention engender behavior change, participants should be assigned randomly to a treatment that significantly increases the strength of respective intentions relative to a control condition, and differences in subsequent behavior should be compared. The present research obtained 47 experimental tests of intention-behavior relations that satisfied these criteria. Meta-analysis showed that a medium-to-large change in intention (d = 0.66) leads to a small-to-medium change in behavior (d = 0.36). The review also identified several conceptual factors, methodological features, and intervention characteristics that moderate intention-behavior consistency.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | intention, behavior change, intervention, meta-analysis |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 16:50 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.249 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.249 |
| URI: | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1580 |
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