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ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR CORRESPONDENCE AS A FUNCTION OF SELF-MONITORING AND SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT
- Date Issued:
- 1984
- Summary:
- This thesis investigated situational and personality moderating variables' interaction in determining attitude-behavior correspondence. Experimental participants completed the Self-Monitoring Scale and an index measuring attitude favorability towards affirmative action. High and low self-monitors then rendered verdicts (the behavioral measure) on a mock affirmative action lawsuit after being given one of three situational expectations: 1) discussion with a pro-affirmative action partner; 2) discussion with an anti-affirmative action partner; or 3) no discussion. Participants expecting no discussion had significantly greater attitude-behavior correlations than those expecting a discussion. Attitude-behavior correlations did not vary as a function of self-monitoring, the personal moderating variable. Correlations were not determined by expectation and self-monitoring interactions. Behavior was not correlated with participants' perceptions of their partner. The results' research and theoretical implications were discussed in terms of situational constraint, predicting behavior in constraining situations, and an interaction approach to predicting attitude-behavior relationships.
Title: | ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR CORRESPONDENCE AS A FUNCTION OF SELF-MONITORING AND SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT. |
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Name(s): |
MASSEY, RENELLE FAE Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1984 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 84 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | This thesis investigated situational and personality moderating variables' interaction in determining attitude-behavior correspondence. Experimental participants completed the Self-Monitoring Scale and an index measuring attitude favorability towards affirmative action. High and low self-monitors then rendered verdicts (the behavioral measure) on a mock affirmative action lawsuit after being given one of three situational expectations: 1) discussion with a pro-affirmative action partner; 2) discussion with an anti-affirmative action partner; or 3) no discussion. Participants expecting no discussion had significantly greater attitude-behavior correlations than those expecting a discussion. Attitude-behavior correlations did not vary as a function of self-monitoring, the personal moderating variable. Correlations were not determined by expectation and self-monitoring interactions. Behavior was not correlated with participants' perceptions of their partner. The results' research and theoretical implications were discussed in terms of situational constraint, predicting behavior in constraining situations, and an interaction approach to predicting attitude-behavior relationships. | |
Identifier: | 14218 (digitool), FADT14218 (IID), fau:11029 (fedora) | |
Note(s): | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984. | |
Subject(s): |
Attitude (Psychology) Behavioral assessment |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |