Type of Publication: | Journal article |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-114201 |
Author: | Stadler, Gertraud; Oettingen, Gabriele; Gollwitzer, Peter M. |
Year of publication: | 2009 |
Published in: | American Journal of Preventive Medicine ; 36 (2009), 1. - pp. 29-34. - ISSN 0749-3797. - eISSN 1873-2607 |
Pubmed ID: | 18977113 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.021 |
Summary: |
Background: A physically active lifestyle during midlife is critical to the maintenance of high physical functioning. This study tested whether an intervention that combined information with cognitive-behavioral strategies had a better effect on women's physical activity than an inforination-only intervention.
Setting and participants: 256 women aged 30-50 years in a large metropolitan area in Germany.Design: A 4-month longitudinal RCT comparing two brief interventions was conducted between july 2003 and September 2004. Analyses were completed in June 2008. Intervention: The study compared a health information intervention with an information + self-regulation intervention. All participants received the same information intervention; participants in the information + self-regulation group additionally learned a technique that integrates mental contrasting with implementation intentions. Main outcome measures: Self-reported minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week. Results: Participants in the information + self-regulation group were twice as physically active (i.e., nearly I hour more per week) as participants in the information group. This difference appeared as early as the first week after intervention and was maintained over the course of the 4 months. Participants in the information group slightly increased their baseline physical activity after intervention. Conclusions: Women who learned a self-regulation technique during an information session were substantially more active than women who participated in only the information session. The self-regulation technique should be tested further as a tool for increasing the impact of interventions on behavioral change. |
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Keywords: | implementation intentions, exercise behavior, planned behavior, energy-expenditure, balance-sheet, decision, diary, attitudes, adults |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
Bibliography of Konstanz: | Yes |
STADLER, Gertraud, Gabriele OETTINGEN, Peter M. GOLLWITZER, 2009. Physical activity in women : effects of a self-regulation intervention. In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36(1), pp. 29-34. ISSN 0749-3797. eISSN 1873-2607. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.021
@article{Stadler2009-01Physi-1390, title={Physical activity in women : effects of a self-regulation intervention}, year={2009}, doi={10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.021}, number={1}, volume={36}, issn={0749-3797}, journal={American Journal of Preventive Medicine}, pages={29--34}, author={Stadler, Gertraud and Oettingen, Gabriele and Gollwitzer, Peter M.} }
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