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Using Proactivity, Time Discounting, and the Theory of Planned Behavior to Identify Predictors of Retirement Planning
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Griffin, Barbara; Loe, David; Hesketh, Beryl – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This study developed and tested a model to identify the predictors of retirement planning based on an extension of the theory of planned behavior ([TPB], Ajzen, 1991) that included individual differences in proactivity and time discounting. The results showed that personal attitudes, sense of control, social influence, and stable traits have a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Planning, Models
The Relationships between Emerging Adults' Expressed Desire to Marry and Frequency of Participation in Risk-Taking Behaviors
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Willoughby, Brian J.; Dworkin, Jodi – Youth & Society, 2009
The impact that desire to marry has on risk-taking behaviors during emerging adulthood is examined in the current investigation using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Looking both at the simple relationships between desire to marry and risk-taking behaviors, as well as the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Attitudes, Marriage, Predictor Variables
Variables Affect How Persons View Unnamed News Sources
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Culbertson, Hugh M.; Somerick, Nancy – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Level of public affairs knowledge was clearly related to understanding of attribution and tendency to see "leaks" as positive. (KS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Media Research, News Reporting
The Roles of Attitudinal and Personality Variables in the Prediction of Environmental Behavior and Knowledge
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Arbuthnot, Jack – Environment and Behavior, 1977
This study explored the relationships among selected attitudinal and personality characteristics, attitudes toward environmental problems, and environmental knowledge and behavioral commitment of two diverse samples: 85 users of a recycling center and 60 conservative church members. Multiple regression analysis was utilized to determine the best…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Environment
Ipsative, Normative and Return on Effort Versions of Expectancy Theory.
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Kopelman, Richard E. – 1975
This report reviews versions of testing expectancy theory predictions of individual choice behavior. The ipsative, normative and return on effort approaches are addressed as are the issues of conceptual, methodical and empirical problems associated with each approach. In order to test the hypotheses as to which approach would yield stronger…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Expectation, Performance Factors
A Theoretical Model for Selective Exposure Research.
Roloff, Michael E.; Noland, Mark – 1977
This study tests the basic assumptions underlying Fishbein's Model of Attitudes by correlating an individual's selective exposure to types of television programs (situation comedies, family drama, and action/adventure) with the attitudinal similarity between individual attitudes and attitudes characterized on the programs. Twenty-three college…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Is Satisfaction a Good Measure of the Perceived Quality of Life?
Atkinson, Tom – 1977
The major objectives of a project initiated by the Canada Council in 1976 were to develop measures of subjective social indicators and to examine factors responsible for variation in those indicators across Canada and over time. Subjective social indicators are interpreted as measures of personal perceptions, preferences, attitudes, and values.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries