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Predicting contraceptive behavior in India using attitude theories

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Title Predicting contraceptive behavior in India using attitude theories
 
Creator KULKARNI, M
 
Subject reasoned action
use condoms
adolescents
intentions
 
Description This study examined the performance of the theory of reasoned action (TRA), the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and the unified theory of behavior (UTB) in predicting contraceptive use behavior among low-income urban Indian women. Participants were 150 low-income urban Indian women who were surveyed using a questionnaire designed to measure the constructs used by these theories. A combined etic-emic methodology was employed in the questionnaire design. The constructs of mastery and descriptive norm were investigated as predictors of contraceptive intention and behavior. The mentioned models indicated predictive utility for the low-income sample, with the UTB faring better than the TRA or the TPB in predicting contraceptive use.
 
Publisher BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
 
Date 2011-07-19T04:28:25Z
2011-12-26T12:51:00Z
2011-12-27T05:37:16Z
2011-07-19T04:28:25Z
2011-12-26T12:51:00Z
2011-12-27T05:37:16Z
2007
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 37(11), 2475-2495
0021-9029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00205.x
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/5173
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/5173
 
Language en