Negative Beliefs as a Moderator of the Intention-Behavior Relationship: Decisions to Use Performance-Enhancing Substances

The theory of reasoned action framework was used to examine performance‐enhancing substance use among a sample of college athletes in a prospective longitudinal design. Results indicate that attitudes and subjective norms predicted intention to use the substances, and these intentions predicted actu...

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Published inJournal of applied social psychology Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 43 - 59
Main Authors Dodge, Tonya, Jaccard, James J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.01.2007
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Drug use
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Summary:The theory of reasoned action framework was used to examine performance‐enhancing substance use among a sample of college athletes in a prospective longitudinal design. Results indicate that attitudes and subjective norms predicted intention to use the substances, and these intentions predicted actual substance use 6 weeks later. A statistically significant interaction emerged between negative beliefs and intentions predicting behavior such that as negative beliefs grew increasingly negative, the intention–behavior relationship became stronger. Practical and theoretical implications of the influence of negative information on the intention–behavior relationship are discussed.
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ArticleID:JASP145
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Tonya Dodge, The George Washington University, Department of Psychology, 2125 G Street, Washington, DC 20052. E‐mail
tdodge@gwu.edu
ISSN:0021-9029
1559-1816
DOI:10.1111/j.0021-9029.2007.00145.x