Title
Attitude-behavior relationships: A comparison of the Fishbein-Ajzen and Bentler-Speckart models
Date of Award
8-1981
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dennis Dossett
Second Advisor
J. Brad Chapman
Third Advisor
Carl Greenberg
Abstract
This study compared the Fishbein-Ajzen (1975) model of attitude-behavior relationships with Bentler-Speckart's (1979) modifications of the model. Subjects were 236 undergraduate college students and the measures of behavior were repeated self-reports of class attendance. An analysis of linear structural relationships, using multiple indicators for each underlying construct, supported the Bentler-Speckart addition to the Fishbein- Aj zen model of prior behavior as a direct causal influence on both subsequent behavior and behavioral intentions. However, consistent with the original Fishbein-Ajzen model, a direct causal path from attitude to subsequent behavioral intentions was not found. Directions for future studies and respecification of the model were discussed.
Recommended Citation
Fredericks, Arlene J., "Attitude-behavior relationships: A comparison of the Fishbein-Ajzen and Bentler-Speckart models" (1981). Student Work. 92.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/92
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha.