Specificity of the attitude as a determinant of attitude-behavior congruence.

Abstract

113 persons who had reported varying degrees of ecological concern in a survey about environmental problems were contacted 5 mo later by representatives of the Sierra Club. Respondents' subsequent level of behavioral commitment to the Sierra Club was compared to the scores that they had previously attained on 4 different attitude scales. Results lend support to the proposition that attitude-behavior congruence improves when the attitude measured is highly specific to the behavioral criterion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)