Belief in free will: Integration into social cognition models to promote health behavior

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Figure 1. Diagram outlining the proposed relationships between free will beliefs, theory of planned behavior constructs, and health behavior. In accordance with the theory of planned behavior, intention is influenced by attitude, subjective norm, and PBC, and health behavior is directly influenced by intention and perceived behavioral control. Free will beliefs can act as a direct predictor of (a) health behavior, (b) intention, (c) attitude, d) subjective norm, and e) PBC. Free will beliefs can also be a distal predictor of f) intention and g) health behavior, and (h) a moderator of the intention-health behavior relationship.