The handbook of attitudes. Volume 2, Applications / edited by Dolores Albarracin and Blair T. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albarracin, Dolores, 1965- editor.

Johnson, Blair T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human behavior.

Attitude (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

Attitudes are evaluations of people, places, things, and ideas. They help us to navigate through a complex world. They provide guidance for decisions about which products to buy, how to travel to work, or where to go on vacation. They color our perceptions of others. Carefully crafted interventions can change attitudes and behavior. Yet attitudes, beliefs, and behavior are often formed and changed in casual social exchanges. The mere perception that other people—say, rich people— favor something may be sufficient to make another person favor it. People’s own actions also influence their attitudes, such that they adjust to be more supportive of the actions. People’s belief systems even change to align with and support their preferences, which at its extreme is a form of denial for which people lack awareness.These two volumes of The Handbook of Attitudes provide authoritative, critical surveys of theory and research about attitudes, beliefs, persuasion, and behavior from key authors in these areas. This second volume covers applications to measurement, behavior prediction, and interventions in the areas of cancer, HIV, substance use, diet, and exercise, as well as in politics, intergroup relations, aggression, migrations, advertising, accounting, education, and the environment.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

List of Contributors

PART I Health

1 The Role of Attitudes in Cancer

2 The Role of Attitudes in the Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis

3 The Role of Attitudes in Diet, Eating, and Body Weight

4 The Role of Attitudes in Physical Activity

5 The Role of Attitudes in HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment

6 Doing Harm to Some: Patient and Provider Attitudes and Healthcare Disparities

PART II Business and Work Contexts

7 "Job Attitudes"

8 The Role of Attitudes in Financial Audits and Directions for Future Research

9 The Role of Attitudes in Advertising

PART III Safety

10 The Role of Attitudes in Violence and Aggression

11 The Role of Attitudes in Environmental Issues

PART IV Intergroup Relations, Social Structure, and Politics

12 Class Divisions and Political Attitudes in the 21st Century

13 The Role of Attitudes in Gender

14 The Role of Attitudes in Intergroup Relations

15 The Role of Attitudes in Migration

16 Political Attitudes

PART V Education, Leisure, and Family

17 Student Attitudes and Academic Achievement: Antecedents and Consequences

18 The Role of Attitude in Choice of Travel, Satisfaction With Travel, and Change to Sustainable Travel

PART VI Summation

19 Application of Attitude Research Across Domains: Current State of Knowledge and Future Directions

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-315-17808-7

1-351-71233-0

9781315178080

OCLC:

1066184239