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Me encantan las patatas fritas, las como y (también) las odio: el papel de la ambivalencia y de las claves contextuales en el comportamiento alimentario basado en la actitud
Journal Title
Revista de Psicologia Social
Year (definitive publication)
2014
Language
English
Country
Spain
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Abstract
Although past work proposed ambivalence as moderating the consistency between attitudes and behaviors, empirical evidence is mixed. We address this matter by taking into account social influence processes and observing actual eating behavior. We predicted that less ambivalent attitudes are more consistent with behaviours independently of context cues. In two studies, we first evaluated participants’ ambivalence towards the target food. A week later we observed their eating behavior (Study 1), and analysed the influence of context cues on it (Study 2). Results showed that only less ambivalent attitudes are good predictors of actual behavior. Importantly, context cues only influenced behavior among individuals with ambivalent attitudes
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Keywords
Attitudes,Attitudinal ambivalence,Eating behaviour,Social influence,Actitudes,Ambivalencia actitudinal,Comportamiento alimentario,Influencia social
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Psychology - Social Sciences
Funding Records
| Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
|---|---|
| PEst-OE/PSI/UI3125/2013 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
