Motivators of Energy Reduction Behavioral Intentions: Influences of Technology, Personality Characteristics, Perceptions, and Behavior Barriers

2015 ◽  
pp. 436-446
Author(s):  
June A. Flora ◽  
Banny Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Energy Reduction ◽  
And Behavior

Attitudes Toward Driving Safety and Their Modification

1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Driving Safety ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

This paper reviews and discusses the measurement of attitudes toward traffic safety and the attempts to change these attitudes and related driving behavior. Psychological testing of such attitudes and personality characteristics is fairly well developed and there are some instruments of good reliability and useable validity. Efforts to modify driver attitudes and behavior are inconclusive and only mildly encouraging. Considerable research needs to be done before the attitudes and behavior of drivers can be changed to improve traffic safety in the United States.

The Effect of Temporal Framing on Behavioral Intentions, Expectations, and Behavior: The Case of Healthy Eating

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siu Hing Lo ◽  
Samuel G. Smith ◽  
Michael Taylor ◽  
Anna Good ◽  
Christian von Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Temporal Framing ◽  
And Behavior

Why do Adolescents Eat Low Nutrient Snacks Between Meals? An Analysis of Behavioral Determinants with the Fishbein and Ajzen Model

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Mesters ◽  
Ton Oostveen
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
The Self ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Frequent Users ◽  
Behavioral Determinants ◽  
And Behavior

This article presents determinants of eating sweet and fat snacks between meals by adolescents (12–15 years). A preliminary qualitative study focused on eliciting students' interpretation of the self-rated terminology ‘low nutrient sweet and fat snacks’ and the development of a written questionnaire following the principles of the theory of reasoned action (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1980). In a quantitative study a questionnaire was administered to 560 students in the first and second grade of Dutch secondary education. In the data-analysis frequent and moderate users were compared. Frequent users had a more positive attitude towards the intake of sweet and fat snacks than moderate users. The intention to consume sweet snacks was more positive for frequent users. As opposed to frequent users, moderate users had a negative intention towards consuming fat snacks between meals. Moreover, moderate users experienced more social influence against the intake of both snacks than the frequent users. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the theory of reasoned action in relation to the self-rated consumption of sweet and fat snacks eaten between meals. In predicting intention to consume such snacks, attitude turned out to be more important than subjective norm. Finally, the correlation between actual eating behavior as reported by the students, and the behavioral intentions was relatively moderate which was probably caused by inconsistency between intention and behavior.

scholarly journals The Effect of an Online Sugar Fact Intervention: Change of Mothers with Young Children

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1859
Author(s):  
Yi-Chun Chen ◽  
Ya-Li Huang ◽  
Yi-Wen Chien ◽  
Mei Chun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
World Health ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Sugar Intake ◽  
Group Knowledge ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Sugar Recommendations

Research indicates that high sugar intake in early childhood may increase risks of tooth decay, obesity and chronic disease later in life. In this sugar fact study, we explored whether an online intervention which focused on comprehensive and useful information about nutrition labels impacted mother’s choice of low sugar food. The intervention was developed on the basis of the theory of planned behavior. In total, 122 mothers were recruited. Mothers were divided into an online-only group and a plus group. Knowledge of sugar and nutrition labels, behavioral attitudes, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intentions and behavior towards purchasing low-sugar products with nutrition labels were collected. After the intervention, both groups exhibited significantly enhanced sugar and nutrition label knowledge, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intentions and behavior. Compared to the online-only group, knowledge, perceived behavioral control and behavior of the plus group significantly improved. After the intervention, about 40% of the plus group and 80% of the online-only group still did not know the World Health Organization (WHO) sugar recommendations. Understanding sugar recommendations and using nutrition labels are crucial to help people control calorie and sugar intake. Further research with a larger sample is warranted to evaluate the effects of the intervention on long-term changes in shopping behavior. More efficient and convenient nutrition education is required to increase public awareness of sugar recommendations and help people control calorie and sugar intake.

Bad Drives Psychological Reactions, but Good Propels Behavior

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia S. Wang ◽  
Adam D. Galinsky ◽  
J. Keith Murnighan
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Psychological Reactions ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Evaluative Reactions

Research across disciplines suggests that bad is stronger than good and that individuals punish deception more than they reward honesty. However, methodological issues in previous research limit the latter conclusion. Three experiments resolved these issues and consistently found the opposite pattern: Individuals rewarded honesty more frequently and intensely than they punished deception. Experiment 2 extended these counterintuitive findings by revealing a divergence between evaluation and behavior: Evaluative reactions to deception were stronger than those to honesty, but behavioral intentions in response to honesty were stronger than those in response to deception. In addition, individuals wanted to avoid deceivers more than they wanted to approach honest actors. Experiment 3 found that punishment, but not reward, frequencies were sensitive to costs. Moderated-mediation tests revealed the role of different psychological mechanisms: Negative affect drove punishments, whereas perceived trustworthiness drove rewards. Overall, bad appears to be stronger than good in influencing psychological reactions, but good seems to be stronger than bad in influencing behavior.

Majority versus minority influence and prediction of behavioral intentions and behavior

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 763-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Martin ◽  
Pearl Y. Martin ◽  
Joanne R. Smith ◽  
Miles Hewstone
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Minority Influence ◽  
And Behavior
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