Abstract
Meta-analysis was used to quantify how well the Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behaviour have predicted intentions to attend
screening programmes and actual attendance behaviour. Systematic
literature searches identified 33 studies that were included in the
review. Across the studies as a whole, attitudes had a large-sized
relationship with intention, while subjective norms and perceived
behavioural control (PBC) possessed medium-sized relationships with
intention. Intention had a medium-sized relationship with attendance,
whereas the PBC-attendance relationship was small sized. Due to
heterogeneity in results between studies, moderator analyses were
conducted. The moderator variables were (a) type of screening test, (b)
location of recruitment, (c) screening cost and (d) invitation to
screen. All moderators affected theory of planned behaviour
relationships. Suggestions for future research emerging from these
results include targeting attitudes to promote intention to screen, a
greater use of implementation intentions in screening information and
examining the credibility of different screening providers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 745-765 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Psychology and Health |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 1 Sept 2008 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2008 |
Bibliographical note
This is an electronic version of an article published in Cooke, R & French, DP 2008, 'How well do the theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behaviour predict intentions and attendance at screening programmes? A meta-analysis', Psychology and health, vol 23, no. 7, pp. 745-765. Psychology and health is available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0887-0446&volume=23&issue=7&spage=745Keywords
- screening attendance
- theory of reasoned action
- theory of planned behaviour
- intention
- mammography
- cervical