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Anticipated Emotions and Personal Experience for Predicting Behavioral Intentions and Behavioral Expectations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Pilar Carrera ,
Amparo Caballero ,
Dolores Muñoz  and
Luis Oceja
Pilar Carrera*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Amparo Caballero
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Dolores Muñoz
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Luis Oceja
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Pilar Carrera. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, C/Ivan Pavlov, 6, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid. (Spain). E-mail: pilar.carrera@uam.es
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Abstract

We tested how anticipated emotions interact with personal experience in risk behavior to improve predictions from TPB on behavioral intention (BI) and behavioral expectation (BE) for sex without condom (Study 1) and excessive drinking (Study 2). In the moderate-high experience group, anticipated emotional profiles (AEPs) improve TPB prediction from 28% to 45% in the case of BI and from 19% to 40% in that of BE in relation to sexual risk behavior (Study 1), and from 23% to 36% in the case of BI and from 17% to 31% in that of BE in relation to binge drinking (Study 2). However, in the low-experience group (Study 2) AEPs improve TPB predictions for BI (12% to 34%) but not for BE, showing that in less experienced people BI and BE are not equivalent: anticipated emotions have different relevance in their prediction. These results were replicated using a general negative anticipated emotion index (averaging emotional categories).

Hemos puesto a prueba como interactúan las emociones anticipadas y la experiencia personal en la conducta de riesgo para mejorar las predicciones hechas desde la Teoría de la Conducta Planeada (TPB) sobre las intenciones (BI) y expectativas conductuales (BE), tanto para el sexo sin preservativo (Estudio 1), como para la ingesta puntual de alcohol en exceso (Estudio 2). En el grupo con experiencia personal moderada-alta, los perfiles de emociones anticipadas (AEPs) mejoraron las predicciones hechas desde la TPB del 28% al 45% en el caso de intenciones conductuales (BI) y del 19% al 40% sobre expectativas conductuales (BE) en relación con la conducta sexual de riesgo (Estudio 1); y del 23% al 36% en el caso de intención conductual y del 17% al 31% sobre las expectativas conductuales de beber alcohol en exceso (Estudio 2). Sin embargo, en el grupo de baja experiencia personal (Estudio 2) los perfiles de emociones anticipadas (AEPs) mejoraron las predicciones hechas sobre intenciones conductuales (del 12% al 34%) pero no sobre las expectativas conductuales, mostrando que en las personas con baja experiencia personal en la conducta, las intenciones conductuales no son equivalentes a las expectativas conductuales: las emociones anticipadas tienen diferente relevancia en su predicción. Estos resultados fueron replicados usando un índice general de emociones negativas anticipadas (calculado a partir de la media de las categorías emocionales informadas).

Keywords

behavioral intentionsbehavioural expectationsanticipated emotionsrisk behaviorpersonal experienceintenciones conductualesexpectativas conductualesemociones anticipadasconducta de riesgoexperiencia personal
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , November 2011 , pp. 535 - 547
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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