摘要:

The present study is a simultaneous investigation of the contents of political beliefs and their characteristics among Israeli students. In addition, it examines their perceived use of information sources. The results indicate that political beliefs regarding the Israeli‐Arab conflicts are organized systematically around the dove/hawk dimension. Also, a positive relationship was found between centrality of beliefs and confidence in them; between well‐defined political identification and centrality and confidence; and between agreement with the beliefs and confidence. Finally, the results show that the perceived use of information sources is related to political identification. The performed investigation demonstrates the importance of combining the study of the contents of beliefs with that of their characteristics, since the latter have important implications for understanding individuals' cognitive, affective, and behavioral reacti

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02363.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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College women's intentions to return to work following childbirth were compared to behavior 10 years later. Using an Ajzen‐Fishbein model, college intentions were significantly related to how soon a mother returned to work after the birth of her first child. The amount of variance explained was significant for intentions and behavior. College intentions were influenced by perceived consequences, approval of significant referents, and personal control. Return to work was predicted by intention to do so, even though the behavior occurred an average of seven years after the intention was declared. This behavior was more likely to occur among those who had a sense of personal contro

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02364.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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Many behaviors are performed less frequently than intended because they require knowledge and skill to overcome behavioral barriers. This experiment tested effects of two factors, direct experience and message frame, that were hypothesized to affect men's intention to perform the testicle self‐exam for cancer (TSE) and their actual exam performance, in part by affecting their knowledge and beliefs about overcoming TSE performance barriers. Men's experience performing the TSE on a life‐like model and the frame (negative, positive, or neutral) of the recommendation promoting the exam were manipulated factorially. Consistent with prediction, men who practiced (vs. did not practice) the self‐exam: (a) endorsed stronger beliefs about behavior‐specific knowledge (e.g., ability to imagine a lump), (b) held more positive intention, and (c) translated that intention more consistently into self‐reported action, in part because their behavior‐specific knowledge increased their tendency to act on their intention. Consistent with action phase theory (Gollwitzer, 1990), intention related more strongly to behavior‐specific beliefs than to general, long‐term beliefs, and more strongly than attitude related to behavior‐specific beliefs. These findings have practical and theoretical implications for promoting healthful and other i

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02365.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Final‐year nursing students (N= 96) described their anxieties about biohazards, not only in relation to the occupational context of a hospital ward, but also in relation to their general life context. These contexts were reported to vary in the extent to which they permitted control over exposure to the two particular biohazards chosen for study: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV). The data showed that nurses' anxiety about contracting HIV infection varied significantly across the two contexts, while anxiety about contracting HBV infection did not. In the general life context, anxiety about HIV was greater than anxiety about HBV for all subjects. This difference was significantly greater for those with incorrect knowledge about objective HIV seroconversion rates than for those with correct knowledg

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb02366.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY