Communication Studies 394-0: Undergraduate Research
Seminar
Section 24: Persuasion in Health Contexts
Spring 2021
READINGS FOR 5 APRIL
OUTLINE
2. Potential additions to reasoned action theory
2.1 Past behavior
2.2 Anticipated emotions
2.3 Self-identity
2.1 Past behavior
Sutton, S., McVey, D., & Glanz, A. (1999). A comparative test of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior in the prediction of condom use intentions in a national sample of English young people. Health Psychology, 18, 72-81. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.18.1.72
For further reading:
Kwan, M. Y. W., Bray, S. R., & Ginis, K. A. M. (2009). Predicting physical activity of first-year university students: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Journal of American College Health, 58, 45-55.
de Bruijn, G. J. (2010). Understanding college students’ fruit consumption: Integrating habit strength in the theory of planned behaviour. Appetite, 54, 16-22. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2009.08.007
Norman, P., & Cooper, Y. (2011). The theory of planned behaviour and breast self-examination: Assessing the impact of past behaviour, context stability and habit strength. Psychology & Health, 26, 1156-1172. doi:10.1080/08870446.2010.481718
Høie, M.,
Moan, I. S., Rise, J., & Larsen, E. (2012). Using an extended version of
the theory of planned behaviour to predict smoking cessation in two age groups.
Addiction Research and Theory, 20,
42-54. doi:10.3109/16066359.2011.557165
Tian, Y., & Robinson, J.
D. (2017). Predictors of cell phone use in distracted driving: Extending the
theory of planned behavior. Health
Communication, 32, 1066-1075. doi:10.1080/10410236.2016.1196639
2.2 Anticipated emotions
Gallagher, S., & Povey, R. (2006). Determinants of older adults’ intentions to vaccinate against influenza: A theoretical application. Journal of Public Health, 28, 139-144. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl008
Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Deciding to exercise: The role of anticipated regret. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 269-278. doi:10.1348/135910704773891096
For further reading:
Lindsey, L. L. M. (2005). Anticipated guilt as behavioral motivation: An examination of appeals to help unknown others through bone marrow donation. Human Communication Research, 31, 453-481. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2005.tb00879.x
Sandberg, T., & Conner, M. (2008). Anticipated regret as an additional predictor in the theory of planned behaviour: A meta-analysis. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 589-606. doi:10.1348/014466607X258704
McGilligan, C., McClenahan, C., & Adamson, G. (2009). Attitudes and intentions to performing testicular self-examination: Utilizing an extended theory of planned behavior. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 404-406.
Brewer,
N. T., DeFrank, J. T., & Gilkey, M. B. (2016). Anticipated regret and
health behavior: A meta-analysis. Health
Psychology, 35, 1264-1275. doi:10.1037/hea0000294
Zeelenberg, M. (2017). Anticipated regret. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of
Communication. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.264
Ahn, J., & Kahlor, L. A. (2020). No regrets when it comes to your health: Anticipated regret, subjective norms, information insufficiency and intent to seek health information from multiple sources. Health Communication, 35(10), 1295-1302. doi:1080/10410236.2019.1626535
Penta, M. A., Craciun, I. C., & Baban, A. (2020). The power of anticipated regret: Predictors of HPV vaccination and seasonal influenza vaccination acceptability among young Romanians. Vaccine, 38(6), 1572-1578. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.042
2.3 Self-identity
Sparks, P., & Shepherd, R. (1992). Self-identity and the theory of planned behavior: Assessing the role of identification with “green consumerism.” Social Psychology Quarterly, 55, 388-399.
Armitage, C. J., & Conner, M. (1999). Distinguishing perceptions of control from self-efficacy: Predicting consumption of a low-fat diet using the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 72-90. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01375.x
For further reading:
Armitage, C. J., & Conner, M. (2001). Social cognitive determinants of blood donation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 1431-1457.
Smith, J. R., Terry, D. J., Manstead, A. S. R., Louis, W. R., Kotterman, D., & Wolfs, J. (2007). Interaction effects in the theory of planned behavior: The interplay of self-identity and past behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2726–2750.
Pierro, A., Mannetti, L., & Livi, S. (2010). Self-identity and the theory of planned behavior in the prediction of health behavior and leisure activity. Self and Identity, 2, 47-60. doi:10.1080/15298860309024
Rise, J., Sheeran, P., & Hukkelberg, S. (2010). The role of self-identity in the theory of planned behavior: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 1085-1105. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00611.x
Booth, A. R., Norman, P., Harris, P. R., & Goyder, E. (2014). Using the theory of planned behaviour and self-identity to explain chlamydia testing intentions in young people living in deprived areas. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19, 101–112. doi:10.1111/bjhp.12036
Reid, M., Sparks, P., & Jessop, D. C. (2018). The effect of self‐identity alongside perceived importance within the theory of planned behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 883-889. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2373
Snippe, M. H. M., Peters, G. Y., & Kok, G. (2019, January 23). The operationalization of self-identity in reasoned action models: A systematic review of self-identity operationalizations in three decades of research. PsyArXiv preprint. doi:10.31234/osf.io/ygpmw