Conner, M. and Norman, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-0470 (Accepted: 2025) Attitudes, intentions and behavior change. Annual Review of Psychology. ISSN 0066-4308 (In Press)
Abstract
Are attitudes or intentions related to behavior change? Does changing attitudes or intentions change behavior? These are important questions for increasing our understanding of the determinants of behavior and how to change behavior. This review employs four stages of the experimental medicine approach to answer these questions. First, attitudes and intentions have been identified as key determinants of behavior in many theories (identification stage). Second, correlational studies show that attitudes and intentions have small to medium-sized relationships with behavior change, while experimental studies show that medium-sized changes in attitudes and intentions produce small-sized changes in behavior (validation stage). Third, evidence shows that interventions can change attitudes or intentions (engagement stage). Fourth, changes in attitudes and intentions at least partially mediate intervention effects on behavior change (intervention stage). A systematic program of experimental work is needed to extend understanding of what works for whom, when, and how, and for what behaviors.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 by the author(s). |
Keywords: | attitudes; intentions; behavior change; attitude change; intention change; intervention |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2025 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 11:29 |
Status: | In Press |
Publisher: | Annual Reviews |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224876 |