Examining the use of message tailoring to promote physical activity among medically underserved adults

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4227066
AutoresJ L Martinez-Brockman (0000-0002-2953-8168), Josefa L Martinez (Yale University), Lindsay R Duncan (0000-0002-2861-3349, Yale University), Susan E River, Susan E Rivers (Yale University), Amy E Latimer (Queens University, Canada), Amy E Latimer‐cheung (0000-0002-0442-6848), Peter Salovey (Yale University)
Año2013
Volumen18
Número4
Páginas470-476
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105312445798
PMID22689590
PMCIDPMC3565037
OpenAlexW2095610163
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas14

The purpose of this study was to examine if messages tailored to an individual's regulatory focus (i.e. their tendency to focus on prevention or promotion) increased exercise intentions and behavior in a medically underserved sample. Adult English as a Second Language students ( N = 58) were presented with tailored exercise messages. There was a significant main effect for message type; participants who received promotion messages reported greater exercise intentions than those who received prevention messages. Intentions and behavior were not higher among those who received messages matching their regulatory focus. Implications for message tailoring frameworks are discussed

Developmental psychology · Focus (optics · Focus group · Health promotion · Matching (statistics · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Promotion (chess · Public health · Regulatory focus theory · Sample (material · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology