Congruency of the Cognitive and Affective Components of the Attitude as a Moderator on Intention of Condom Use Predictors

Abstract

Intention of condom use, Affective and cognitive components of attitude, Theory of Planned Behavior, Structural equation models,

Affective and Cognitive Attitudes on Cervical Health Behaviors Among Asian American Women

“…Rather, the behavior may be driven solely by automatic affective responses or in combination with cognitive evaluations of an attitudinal object. 31,32,34 More importantly, these findings support the view of a bidimensional, affective-cognitive structure of attitudes and emphasize the importance of distinguishing between these 2 components and exploring them separately. 31,32,34,36,37 These views on attitudinal entities are extremely important, especially in studies exploring complex human behavior, such as that related to cervical cancer and health, because they could guide health care researchers to develop intervention messages that are more persuasive based on appeals that target either the affective or cognitive components of attitude, or both.…”

“…April-June 2019 ■ Volume 42 ■ Number 2 drives, emotions, etc). 31,32 The cognitive component of attitudes refers to one's perceptual responses or verbal statements of beliefs, judgments, thoughts, or expectations toward an attitudinal object. 31,32 These 2 distinctive yet interrelated bidimensional components of attitudes have been widely used in an attempt to explain or predict an individual's behavior in the area of social and behavioral science.…”

Substance use in Portuguese and Spanish Adolescents: Highlights from Differences, Similarities and Moderating Effects

“…The level of equivalence that could be established will determine which inferences can be made, and especially whether we are entitled to conduct the intended group comparison (Sánchez-García & Batista-Foguet, 2008). Failure to conduct such an analysis means that observed differences in the distribution of the underlying dimensions among groups may be attributable to different meanings attached to those factors.…”

“…Making comparisons between countries based on the usage of questionnaires requires a step frequently omitted: prior to computing and interpreting any result of a crosscultural comparison, it is crucial to assess the degree to which the measured constructs (operationalized through the items) have the same meaning for the respondents of the different groups to be compared which is known by different terms such as factorial invariance, factorial equivalence, measurement equivalence, and construct comparability (Little, 1997;Meredith, 1993). The level of equivalence that could be established will determine which inferences can be made, and especially whether we are entitled to conduct the intended group comparison (Sánchez-García & Batista-Foguet, 2008). Failure to conduct such an analysis means that observed differences in the distribution of the underlying dimensions among groups may be attributable to different meanings attached to those factors.…”