Abstract: Attitude structural consistency which is a dimension of attitude strength has typically been defined as the extent to which one aspect of individual’s attitude is consistent with either his or her overall attitude toward the object or the other aspect of the attitude. The three types of structural consistency are (a) evaluative-affective consistency (EAC), (b) evaluative-cognitive consistency (ECC), and (c) affective-cognitive consistency (ACC). The present article introduced the manipulation and the measurement of structural consistency, and the previous researches about the effect of structural consistency on attitude formation, attitude accessibility and attitude-behavior relation. Furthermore, we pointed out that the future researches should focus on the interactions of three types of structural consistency and the effect of structural consistency on group attitude-behavior relation in social monitoring.

Key words: structural consistency, attitude-behavior relation, attitude formation, attitude accessibility