Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1984

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

This thesis investigated situational and personality moderating variables' interaction in determining attitude-behavior correspondence. Experimental participants completed the Self-Monitoring Scale and an index measuring attitude favorability towards affirmative action. High and low self-monitors then rendered verdicts (the behavioral measure) on a mock affirmative action lawsuit after being given one of three situational expectations: 1) discussion with a pro-affirmative action partner; 2) discussion with an anti-affirmative action partner; or 3) no discussion. Participants expecting no discussion had significantly greater attitude-behavior correlations than those expecting a discussion. Attitude-behavior correlations did not vary as a function of self-monitoring, the personal moderating variable. Correlations were not determined by expectation and self-monitoring interactions. Behavior was not correlated with participants' perceptions of their partner. The results' research and theoretical implications were discussed in terms of situational constraint, predicting behavior in constraining situations, and an interaction approach to predicting attitude-behavior relationships.

Extent

84 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.

Identifier

FADT14218

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