Liking more means doing more. Dispositional attitudes predict patterns of general action.

Autor/inn/en	Hepler, Justin; Albarracin, Dolores
Titel	Liking more means doing more. Dispositional attitudes predict patterns of general action.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 45 (2014) 5, S. 391-398Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000198
Schlagwörter	Einstellung (Psy); Persönlichkeit; Verhalten; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	Dispositional attitudes are an individual difference in the tendency to form positive versus negative attitudes. As positive (negative) attitudes promote active (inactive) responses to stimuli, we predicted that dispositional attitudes would be positively correlated with patterns of general action. In Study 1, participants reported all activities they engaged in during a 1-week period using a structured time use survey. Dispositional attitudes were positively correlated with the number of unique behaviors participants engaged in and with the total number of behaviors reported for the entire week. Study 2 replicated Study 1 using a free response time use survey. Overall, the results demonstrated that dispositional attitudes predict general action, such that the tendency to form positive (negative) attitudes predicts the tendency to engage in many (few) behaviors in daily life. This pattern occurred for both low effort and high effort behaviors. Implications for understanding activity patterns are discussed. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2015/4