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dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin
dc.contributor.authorChan, Dervin K. C.
dc.contributor.authorProtogerou, Cleo
dc.contributor.authorChatzisarantis, Nikos L. D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-30T07:03:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-27T21:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationHagger, M., Chan, D. K. C., Protogerou, C., & Chatzisarantis, N. L. D. (2016). Using meta-analytic path analysis to test theoretical predictions in health behavior: An illustration based on meta-analyses of the theory of planned behavior. <i>Preventive Medicine</i>, <i>89</i>, 154-161. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.020" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.020</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_25731758
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_70172
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/50641
dc.description.abstractObjective Synthesizing research on social cognitive theories applied to health behavior is an important step in the development of an evidence base of psychological factors as targets for effective behavioral interventions. However, few meta-analyses of research on social cognitive theories in health contexts have conducted simultaneous tests of theoretically-stipulated pattern effects using path analysis. We argue that conducting path analyses of meta-analytic effects among constructs from social cognitive theories is important to test nomological validity, account for mediation effects, and evaluate unique effects of theory constructs independent of past behavior. We illustrate our points by conducting new analyses of two meta-analyses of a popular theory applied to health behaviors, the theory of planned behavior. Method We conducted meta-analytic path analyses of the theory in two behavioral contexts (alcohol and dietary behaviors) using data from the primary studies included in the original meta-analyses augmented to include intercorrelations among constructs and relations with past behavior missing from the original analysis. Results Findings supported the nomological validity of the theory and its hypotheses for both behaviors, confirmed important model processes through mediation analysis, demonstrated the attenuating effect of past behavior on theory relations, and provided estimates of the unique effects of theory constructs independent of past behavior. Conclusions Our analysis illustrates the importance of conducting a simultaneous test of theory-stipulated effects in meta-analyses of social cognitive theories applied to health behavior. We recommend researchers adopt this analytic procedure when synthesizing evidence across primary tests of social cognitive theories in health.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAcademic Press; American Society of Preventive Oncology
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPreventive Medicine
dc.subject.otherstructural equation modeling
dc.subject.othercausal models
dc.subject.otherpath analysis
dc.subject.otherpast behavior
dc.subject.othertheory of planned behavior
dc.subject.othernomological validity
dc.subject.othersocial cognitive models
dc.subject.otherindirect effects
dc.titleUsing meta-analytic path analysis to test theoretical predictions in health behavior: An illustration based on meta-analyses of the theory of planned behavior
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201606303390
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntakasvatuksen laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Sport Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineLiikuntapsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSport and Exercise Psychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2016-06-30T03:15:03Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange154-161
dc.relation.issn0091-7435
dc.relation.numberinseries0
dc.relation.volume89
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dc.rights.copyright© 2016 Elsevier Inc. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Elsevier. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysometa-analyysi
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27697
dc.relation.doi10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.020
dc.type.okmA1


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