a University of Ghana.
b Stellenbosch University.
J Psychol. 2018 Aug 18;152(6):325-340. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2018.1452710.
Behavioral intention is an important predictor of actual behavior. Yet, people often fail to act on their intentions. This study used panel data to examine whether intention interacts with past behavior in determining future behavior. Young people in the Eastern Region of Ghana (N = 956, 495 = female, 461 = male) completed a structured self-administered questionnaire, assessing intentions to use condoms and past condom use behavior at Time 1, and future condom use behavior at Time 2. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that intentions to use condoms and past condom use behavior accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in future condom use behavior. In addition, past condom use moderated the future condom use intention-behavior relationship. These results demonstrate the usefulness of considering young people's past experiences with condoms in informing the design of condom use skills training. In other words, a condom use skills training intervention that uses the pedagogical approach of starting from the "known" to the "unknown" might benefit young Ghanaians.
行为意图是实际行为的重要预测指标。然而，人们常常未能按照自己的意图行事。本研究使用面板数据来检验意图是否会与过去的行为相互作用，从而影响未来的行为。加纳东部地区的年轻人（N=956，495 名女性，461 名男性）完成了一份结构化的自我报告问卷，在第 1 次评估他们使用避孕套的意图和过去的避孕套使用行为，在第 2 次评估他们未来的避孕套使用行为。分层多元回归分析表明，使用避孕套的意图和过去的避孕套使用行为解释了未来避孕套使用行为的很大一部分变异。此外，过去的避孕套使用行为调节了未来避孕套使用意图-行为关系。这些结果表明，考虑年轻人过去使用避孕套的经验对于告知避孕套使用技能培训的设计是有用的。换句话说，使用从“已知”到“未知”的教学方法的避孕套使用技能培训干预措施可能会使加纳的年轻人受益。
