A5071788029- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Physical Activity and Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Media Influence and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Health and Medical Studies
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Community Health and Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family Support in Illness
University of Zurich
2016-2025
Freie Universität Berlin
2002-2015
Columbia University
2015
University of Konstanz
2012-2013
University of Bern
2011-2012
University of Bayreuth
2011
General self-efficacy is the belief in one's competence to cope with a broad range of stressful or challenging demands, whereas specific constrained particular task at hand. Relations between general and social cognitive variables (intention, implementation intentions, outcome expectancies, self-regulation), behavior-specific self-efficacy, health behaviors, well-being, coping strategies were examined among 1,933 respondents 3 countries: Germany (n = 633), Poland 359), South Korea 941)....
Summary Perceived self-efficacy represents an optimistic sense of personal competence that seems to be a pervasive phenomenon accounting for motivation and accomplishments in human beings. The General Self-Efficacy scale, developed measure this construct at the broadest level, has been adapted many languages. psychometric properties instrument is examined among 19,120 participants from 25 countries. main research question whether configurally equivalent across cultures, is, it corresponds...
Abstract Although some people may develop an intention to change their health behaviour, they might not take any action. This discrepancy has been labelled the "intention–behaviour gap." Detailed action planning, perceived self-efficacy, and self-regulatory strategies (action control) mediate between intentions behaviour. was examined in a longitudinal sample of 307 cardiac rehabilitation patients who were encouraged adopt or maintain regular exercise. At first time point, predictors itself...
Planning is regarded as highly valuable in the process of health behaviour change. It bridges gap between behavioural intentions and behaviour. To further develop this concept, a distinction made action planning coping planning. The latter refers to mental simulation overcoming anticipated barriers action. Action for physical exercise were examined longitudinal study with 352 cardiac patients. They approached during rehabilitation treatment followed up at two four months after discharge....
The aim of the present study was to test two brief planning interventions designed encourage cardiac patients engage in regular physical exercise following discharge from rehabilitation. comprised action plans on (a) when, where, and how act, (b) coping deal with anticipated barriers.An experimental longitudinal trial conducted that either focused alone, or a combination planning. A total 211 participants completed assessments at baseline 2 months after discharge. Participants were randomly...
Background: Adoption and maintenance of health behaviors are often poorly predicted by behavioral intentions. To bridge the gap between intentions behavior, strategic planning recovery self-efficacy have been suggested as proximal predictors. Purpose: The aim was to examine usefulness a prediction model that includes postintentional mediator variables. Methods: Four longitudinal studies were conducted on dental flossing (Study I, N = 157), seat belt use II, 298), dietary III, 700), physical...
The current article details a position statement and recommendations for future research practice on planning implementation intentions in health contexts endorsed by the Synergy Expert Group. group comprised world-leading researchers social psychology behavioural medicine who convened to discuss priority issues interventions develop set of practice. expert adopted nominal groups approach voting system elicit structure research. Forty-two identified initial discussions were further condensed...
During the process of health behavior change, individuals pass different phases characterized by demands and challenges that have to be mastered. To overcome these successfully, phase-specific self-efficacy beliefs are important. The present study distinguishes between task self-efficacy, maintenance recovery self-efficacy. These were studied in a sample 484 cardiac patients during rehabilitation treatment at follow-up 2 4 months after discharge predict physical exercise 12 follow-up. three...
Objective: Levels of physical exercise adherence are not predicted well by behavioral intentions.Therefore, action planning and recovery self-efficacy were specified as proximal predictors to bridge the gap between intentions adherence.The prediction model was examined in 3 studies with participants who enrolled cardiac rehabilitation (Study I, N = 353; Study 2, 114) or orthopedic 3, 368).Maill Outcome Measure: Each study included measurement points time, covering a period 4 12...
Health-behaviour change is not predicted well by behavioural intentions alone. Action planning and coping are two self-regulatory strategies that may help bridge the gap between behaviour. comprises when, where how of implementing a Coping involves anticipation barriers ways to overcome them. The study examines whether inclusion these constructs would improve overall prediction physical activity. main research question which kind be beneficial for initiation behaviour one its maintenance....
Prevailing social cognition models consider behavioural intentions as immediate precursors of actions. This view ignores the role more proximal self-regulatory processes, such action control. The latter emerges after an intention has been formed and is supposed to maintain level over time translate them into action. Three facets control were examined in terms their predictive power for changes physical exercise: (a) awareness standards, (b) self-monitoring, (c) effort. A parsimonious 6-item...
Action planning is assumed to mediate between intentions and health behaviours. Moreover, are moderate the planning-behaviour relation, because people with high more likely enact their plans. The present studies extend these suppositions by integrating both assumptions a novel parsimonious model of moderated mediation: mediation effect hypothesised be stronger in individuals who report higher intention levels. In two longitudinal on physical activity (N = 124) interdental hygiene 209),...
Health education interventions can be tailored toward stages of change. This strategy is based on theories that predict at which stage variables are indicative subsequent behavior change processes. For example, planning regarded as being effective in intenders. However, rather few studies have tested whether matched more successful for transitions than mismatched ones. Also very previous identified specific targets stage-matched interventions. A 2 (condition) × (stages) experimental study...
Little is known about how couples’ social support facilitates the pursuit of important goals in daily life. Using an interpersonal perspective, we examined effects provision and receipt on same-day physical activity, studied role partners’ joint engagement activities. One hundred nineteen heterosexual couples reported target persons’ received provided across 28 diary days, yielding 2,854 valid days. A dyadic report was obtained from a subset 88 couples. Target activity objectively assessed...
This position paper addresses the need for stronger theorizing on temporal matters in health psychology. Too few theories psychology address specified psychological phenomena, their relationships, and explanation these relationships. might lead to underestimating existing relationships between constructs over time or missing out opportunities advancing our knowledge with regard dynamic developments of phenomena interest. Examples approaches addressing are provided. Further, drawing from...
Abstract Background The Assistant to Lift your Level of activitY (Ally) app is a smartphone application that combines financial incentives with chatbot-guided interventions encourage users reach personalized daily step goals. Purpose To evaluate the effects incentives, weekly planning, and self-monitoring prompts were used as intervention components part Ally app. Methods We conducted an 8 week optimization trial n = 274 insurees health insurance company in Switzerland. At baseline,...
Background: Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) aim to provide psychological support during critical moments in daily life. Objective: This preregistered study evaluated the feasibility of a social JITAI for individuals with elevated depressive symptoms awaiting psychotherapy. Triggered by Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) reports, intervention encouraged participants activate their (digital) networks. Methods: Twenty-five completed 2,689 EMAs and received 377 JITAIs over an...
Most longitudinal, correlational studies on health-behaviour change examine effects of Time1 social-cognitive predictors subsequent behaviour. In contrast, our research focuses associations between changes in with The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) distinguishes motivational for intention formation and volitional behavioural served as theoretical basis. Two online-studies were launched targeting different behaviours (low-fat diet, smoking), samples (Study 1: N = 469; Study 2: 441)...
Objective: This longitudinal experimental study compared effects of self-efficacy, planning and education-based conditions, encouraging adolescents to eat fruit vegetable in place energy-dense foods.Design: Data were collected among 506 (13–18 years old) who randomly assigned control (n = 181), 153) or self-efficacy 172) conditions. Measurements taken at baseline (T1), a 2-month follow-up (T2), 14-month (T3). Interventions/control group procedures delivered T1 T2.Outcome measures:...
Background: Self‐efficacy is an important predictor of health behaviour change. Within the action process approach ( HAPA ; S chwarzer, 2008), motivational and volitional self‐efficacy can be distinguished. Motivational assumed to serve as intention formation whereas should relevant for This study examined these assumptions in a sample with overweight obese individuals. Moreover, we tested whether behavioural intentions moderate association between behaviour. Methods: Overall, 373...