Armitage, CJ, Norman, P, Alganem, S et al. (1 more author) (2015) Expectations Are More Predictive of Behavior than Behavioral Intentions: Evidence from Two Prospective Studies. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49 (2). pp. 239-246. ISSN 0883-6612
Abstract
Background: Understanding the gap between people’s behavioral intentions and their subsequent behavior is a key problem for behavioral scientists, but little attention has been paid to how behavioral intentions are operationalized. Purpose: Test the distinction between asking people what they intend to do, as opposed to what they expect they will do. Methods: Two studies were conducted in the domains of alcohol consumption (N = 152) and weight loss (N = 141). Participants completed questionnaires assessing their behavioral intentions, expectations, and self-efficacy at baseline; alcohol consumption/weight were assessed at both baseline and follow-up. Results: In study 1, expectations were more predictive of alcohol consumption than behavioral intentions, controlling for baseline alcohol consumption and self-efficacy. In study 2, changes in expectations were more predictive of weight loss than changes in behavioral intentions, controlling for baseline weight and self-efficacy. Conclusion: The findings support a potentially important distinction between behavioral intentions and expectations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Society of Behavioral Medicine. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine and uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9653-4. |
Keywords: | Behavioral intention; Expectation; Obesity; Alcohol |
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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) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2016 14:35 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 22:05 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9653-4 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12160-014-9653-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93947 |