From willingness to intention: Experience moderates the shift from reactive to reasoned behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 894-908

  Pomery, Elizabeth A ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^a   Reis Bergan, Monica ^b   Gerrard, Meg ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral expectations; Behavioral intention; Behavioral willingness; Reasoned vs. reactive processing

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67849101767     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209335166     Document Type: Article

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