BACKGROUND Healthy eating campaigns are not always successful in changing food-related attitudes. Even when interventions produce the desired outcomes in attitudes, it is often challenging to translate those psychological changes into subsequent behaviors. Previous research has shown that elaboration (amount of thinking) is a critical construct for understanding the ability of attitudes to guide behavior. Instead of looking directly at objective elaboration, this study examined attitude-behavior correspondence as a function of subjective elaboration. METHOD Participants were first randomly assigned to generate positive or negative arguments with regard to taxing junk food. After this experimental manipulation, participants reported their subjective elaboration (as an additional predictor), and their attitudes and behavioral intentions regarding the proposal (as dependent measures). RESULTS As hypothesized, the results showed that the greater perceived elaboration, the larger the ability of attitudes to guide behavioral intentions. That is, attitudes were more predictive of behavioral intentions in participants with higher levels of perceived elaboration compared to those with relatively lower levels of subjective thinking. CONCLUSION Health initiatives can benefit from considering the extent to which participants perceive thinking about persuasive proposals.

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通过加强态度和行为意图之间的对应关系来促进健康饮食。

背景技术健康饮食运动并不总是成功地改变与食物有关的态度。即使干预能够在态度上产生预期的结果，将这些心理变化转化为随后的行为也常常具有挑战性。先前的研究表明，阐述（思考的量）是理解态度指导行为能力的关键构造。本研究没有直接看客观的阐述，而是考察了态度-行为对应作为主观阐述的函数。方法首先将参与者随机分配，以对垃圾食品征税产生正面或负面的论据。在进行了这种实验性操作后，参与者报告了他们的主观阐述（作为附加的预测指标），及其对提案的态度和行为意图（作为相关措施）。结果如所假设的，结果表明，感知的细化程度越大，态度指导行为意图的能力就越大。也就是说，与主观思维水平较低的参与者相比，态度更能预测具有较高阐述水平的参与者的行为意图。结论在考虑参与者对有说服力的建议的思考程度时，可以从健康计划中受益。与那些主观思维水平相对较低的人相比，态度更能预测那些具有较高拟定水平的参与者的行为意图。结论在考虑参与者对有说服力的建议的思考程度时，可以从健康计划中受益。与那些主观思维水平相对较低的人相比，态度更能预测那些具有较高拟定水平的参与者的行为意图。结论在考虑参与者对有说服力的建议的思考程度时，可以从健康计划中受益。