Does Changing Behavioral Intentions Engender Behavior Change? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence.

Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Does Changing Behavioral Intentions Engender Behavior Change? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 249-268.

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Journal article

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Year

2006

DOI

10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.249

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https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.249

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cognitive_science

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• Knowledge-Action Gap
  • The two systematically diverge — intention formation has a moderate effect on behaviour while behaviour change has a much smaller one

    This sourceMeta-analysis (47 experimental tests) showing a medium-to-large change in intention (d = 0.66) yields only a small-to-medium change in behavior (d = 0.36).

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