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Compensatory health beliefs are negatively associated with intentions for regular fruit and vegetable consumption when self-efficacy is low

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ID4229103
AutoresVera Storm (Constructor University), Dominique Reinwand (Constructor University), Dominique Alexandra Reinwand (0000-0002-1567-1005), Julian Wienert (0000-0003-1246-7591, University of Lübeck), Tim Kuhlmann (0000-0003-4673-1733, University of Konstanz), Hein De Vries (0000-0002-3640-2517, Maastricht University), Sonia Lippke (0000-0002-8272-0399, Constructor University)
Año2017
Volumen22
Número8
Páginas1094-1100
Fecha de publicación2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105315625358
PMID26826167
OpenAlexW2467945970
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas18

Compensatory health beliefs (the beliefs that an unhealthy behaviour can be compensated by a healthy behaviour) can interfere with adherence to fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations. Fruit and vegetable consumption, social cognitive variables and compensatory health beliefs were investigated via self-report at baseline (T0) and 8-week follow-up (T1) in N = 790 participants. Self-efficacy predicted fruit and vegetable consumption intentions. Planning mediated between intentions and T1 fruit and vegetable consumption. Compensatory health beliefs negatively predicted intentions at low self-efficacy levels only. The results propose the use of self-efficacy interventions to diminish the negative effects of compensatory health beliefs when forming fruit and vegetable consumption intentions and foster planning to translate intentions into behaviour

Cognition · Consumption (sociology · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Self-efficacy · Social cognitive theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology