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Conscientiousness and the Theory of Planned Behavior

Toward a more Complete Model of the Antecedents of Intentions and Behavior

Bibliographic Data

ID23379474
AuthorsMycah Conner (0000-0002-6229-8143, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Charles Abraham (0000-0002-0901-1975, University of Sussex)
Year2001
Volume27
Issue11
Pages1547-1561
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0146-1672 • E-ISSN: 1552-7433
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01461672012711014
OpenAlexW2065681001
LanguageEN
Citations received75
References cited43

Two studies explored the relationship between past behavior, personality traits, intentions, and behavior. Study 1 (N = 181) considered intentions to engage in goal-directed activity (health protection). Cognitions specified by the Theory of Planned Behavior were examined as mediators of the relationship between past behavior, personality, and intentions. The effect of conscientiousness on intention was partially mediated by cognitions, whereas the effect of past behavior was partially mediated by cognitions and conscientiousness. Study 2 (N = 123) examined predictions of intentions and self-reported behavior in relation to both health protection and exercise, a more specific behavior. In both cases, the effect of conscientiousness on intention was totally mediated, whereas the effect on behavior was partially mediated. Similarly, the effects of past behavior on intentions were totally mediated, whereas the effects on behavior were partially mediated by cognitions and conscientiousness. Thus, combining personality traits and cognitions provided a more sufficient account of the determinants of intentions and behavior.

Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Conscientiousness · Control (management) · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Theory of planned behavior · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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