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SUBMITTER: Murphy CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3941986 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Murphy Caitlin C CC Vernon Sally W SW Diamond Pamela M PM Tiro Jasmin A JA
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20140201 1
<h4>Background</h4>Competitive hypothesis testing may explain differences in predictive power across multiple health behavior theories.<h4>Purpose</h4>We tested competing hypotheses of the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to quantify pathways linking subjective norm, benefits, barriers, intention, and mammography behavior.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed longitudinal surveys of women veterans randomized to the control group of a mammography intervention trial (n = 704). W ...[more]