Journal article
The Structural Relationship between Attitude and Behavior Statements from the Unfolding Perspective
Psychological Methods, Vol.3(4), pp.454-469
1998
Abstract
Empirical correlations between attitudes and behaviors toward a common construct are generally poor. This suggests that attitudes and behaviors do not reflect the same dimension. An alternative hypothesis proposes that these are on the same continuum but reflect different levels of intensity. In this article, a recently developed single peaked response model, consistent with Thurstone's original methods for measuring attitudes, was used to analyze the responses of young adolescents to statements concerning attitude and behavior toward the environment. It was found that the behavior statements were at systematically different locations from the attitude statements on the same continuum and that their relationship was easily understood as consistent even though they implied a low correlation between attitude and behavior.
Details
- Title
- The Structural Relationship between Attitude and Behavior Statements from the Unfolding Perspective
- Authors/Creators
- D. Andrich (Author/Creator)I.M. Styles (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Psychological Methods, Vol.3(4), pp.454-469
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association Inc..
- Identifiers
- 991005546364807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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