A Study of Relationships Between Child Rearing Attitudes and Maternal Behavior

Zunich, Michael

doi:10.1080/00220973.1961.11010710

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“…Lack of correspondence between attitudinal and behavioral entities can also be found in several studies that measured attitudes toward targets other than racial or ethnic groups. Zunich (1961), like Katz and Benjamin, obtained a number of behavioral criteria. Specifically, he observed the extent to which mothers engaged in each of 17 different behaviors with respect to their children.…”

Section: Lack Of Correspondencementioning

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Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.

Ajzen¹,

Fishbein²

1977

Psychological Bulletin

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160

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Research on the relation between attitude and behavior is examined in light of the correspondence between attitudinal and behavioral entities. Such entities are defined by their target, action, context, and time elements. A review of available empirical research supports the contention that strong attitude-behavior relations dre obtained only under high correspondence between at least the target and action elements of the attitudinal and behavioral entities. This conclusion is compared with the rather pessimistic assessment of the utility of the attitude concept found in much contemporary social psychological literature.

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Section: Lack Of Correspondencementioning

confidence: 99%

Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.

Ajzen¹,

Fishbein²

1977

Psychological Bulletin

5,904

160

3,047

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“…Thus, we excluded review articles and reanalyses (e.g., Alwin, 1973;Bagozzi & Burnkrant, 1979). In addition, in cases where studies were published twice with the same data, we selected only one of each (e.g., Smetana & Adler, 1979Zunich, 1961Zunich, , 1962.…”

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Attitude–Behavior Relations: A Meta-Analysis of Attitudinal Relevance and Topic

Kim

Hunter

1993

Journal of Communication

290

166

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The difficulty ofjinding a relationship between attitudes and behavior is one of thegreatest controversies i n recent social science research. Thepurpose of this study was to determine whether attitudinal relevance substantially affects the magnitude of the correlation between attitudes and behavior, and whether the effects are content-free. Using meta-analysis, we integratedjindings f r o m 138 attitude-behavior correlations with a total sample size of 90,908. The behaviors we studied ranged over 19 different categories and a variety of miscellaneous topics. Our results showed a strong overall attitude-behavior relationship (r = .791 when methodological artifacts were eliminated. Aspredicted, the higher the attitudinal relevance, the stronger the relationship between attitudes and behavior. This effect held true across diverse content domains. Implications f o r communication theoly and practice are discussed.The concept of attitude, typically viewed as a stable underlying disposition,' has played a central role in explaining communication phenomena, particularly the effects of persuasive messages. Most research in the area Although formal definitions of attitude vary, most contemporary theorists seem to agree that the characteristic attribute of attitude is its dispositional and evaluative nature. For instance, Ajzen (1988) defines an attitude as a disposition to respond favorably or unfavorably to an object, person, institution, or event. Rokeach (1967Rokeach ( , 1968) also defines an attitude as a set of interrelated predispositions to action organized around an object or situation.

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“…At one time this view led to the belief that attitudes and behaviour were closely related. However, most studies on attitude and behaviour found only a low correlation between the two (Zunich 1961, Schwartz & Tessler 1972, More recently (Ajzen & Fishbein 1977) it has been realized that an attitude towards an object can result in a number of different behaviours towards that object. These behaviours will, overall, be consistently positive or negative towards the object in question.…”

Section: Attitudesmentioning

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Determinants of patient care: nursing process or nursing attitudes?

Moss

1988

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Nurses are increasingly striving to be recognized as independent professionals and often use the nursing process as evidence that they have their own area of expert knowledge. The nursing process is, in theory at least, an effective framework on which to base nursing care. However, there are a number of studies which indicate that nursing care is influenced to a significant degree by the attitudes of nursing staff. If nursing is to attain the status of an independent profession it must identify, and if possible, rectify the factors that influence nursing attitudes.

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A Study of Relationships Between Child Rearing Attitudes and Maternal Behavior

Cited by 31 publications

References 3 publications

Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.

Attitude-behavior relations: A theoretical analysis and review of empirical research.

Attitude–Behavior Relations: A Meta-Analysis of Attitudinal Relevance and Topic

Determinants of patient care: nursing process or nursing attitudes?

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