The impact of personal values on preferences, choices, and behaviors has evoked much interest. Relatively little is known, however, about the processes through which values impact behavior. In this conceptual article, we consider both the content and the structural aspects of the relationships between values and behavior. We point to unique features of values that have implications to their relationships with behavior and build on these features to review past research. We then propose a conceptual model that presents three organizing principles: accessibility, interpretation, and control. For each principle, we identify mechanisms through which values and behavior are connected. Some of these mechanisms have been exemplified in past research and are reviewed; others call for future research. Integrating the knowledge on the multiple ways in which values impact behavior deepens our understanding of the complex ways through which cognition is translated into action.

个人价值观对偏好、选择和行为的影响引起了极大的兴趣。然而，人们对价值观影响行为的过程知之甚少。在这篇概念性文章中，我们考虑了价值观和行为之间关系的内容和结构方面。我们指出了价值观的独特特征，这些特征对其与行为的关系有影响，并在这些特征的基础上回顾过去的研究。然后，我们提出了一个概念模型，该模型提出了三个组织原则：可访问性、解释和控制。对于每项原则，我们确定了价值观和行为之间相互联系的机制。其中一些机制已在过去的研究中举例说明并进行了审查；其他人呼吁进行未来研究。