Conner, M orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-8143, Wilding, S orcid.org/0000-0002-7977-7132, van Harreveld, F et al. (1 more author) (2021) Cognitive-Affective Inconsistency and Ambivalence: Impact on the Overall Attitude–Behavior Relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47 (4). pp. 673-687. ISSN 0146-1672
Abstract
This research explored whether overall attitude is a stronger predictor of behavior when underlying cognitive-affective inconsistency or ambivalence is low versus high. Across three prospective studies in different behaviors and populations (Study 1: eating a low-fat diet, N = 136 adults, eating five fruit and vegetables per day, N = 135 adults; Study 2: smoking initiation, N = 4,933 adolescents; and Study 3: physical activity, N = 909 adults) we tested cognitive-affective inconsistency and ambivalence individually and simultaneously as moderators of the overall attitude–behavior relationship. Across studies, more similar effects were observed for inconsistency compared with ambivalence (in both individual and simultaneous analyses). Meta-analysis across studies supported this conclusion with both cognitive-affective inconsistency and ambivalence being significant moderators when considered on their own, but only inconsistency being significant when tested simultaneously. The reported studies highlight the importance of cognitive-affective inconsistency as a determinant of the strength of overall attitude.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
Keywords: | attitudes, overall attitude, cognitive-affective inconsistency, cognitive-affective ambivalence, attitude–behavior relationship |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 15:50 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0146167220945900 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183596 |