Awareness of a disconnect between the value assigned to health and the effort devoted to health increases the intention to become more physically active.
Health Psychol Behav Med
; 11(1): 2242484, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Intrinsic values and priorities influence decision-making and are, therefore, important to consider explicitly in intervention development. Although health is generally considered an important value, individuals often make unhealthy choices, indicating a values disconnect. Studyaim:
To investigate how becoming aware of a disconnect between the value assigned to health and the effort devoted to health is related to intentions and commitment for behavioural change and physical activity among inactive adults.Methods:
We performed a secondary exploratory analysis on previously collected data. The intervention included a values exercise based on the Disconnected Values Model (DVM) that made disconnected values explicit to participants in two study arms. We compared participants with a disconnect (n = 138) with participants without a disconnect (n = 101) regarding intentions and commitment for behavioural change and physical activity and sitting time 2-4 weeks follow-up. Logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to analyse the data.Results:
Between-group differences were found for the intention to devote more effort to health (OR = 3.75; 95%CI 2.05; 6.86) and for the intention to become more physically active (OR = 2.21; 95%CI 1.10; 4.46), indicating that significantly more participants with a disconnect were motivated to change, compared to participants without a disconnect. No between-group differences were found for commitment, intention strength, follow-up physical activity and sitting time.Conclusion:
Making explicit a disconnect regarding health in an active choice intervention was associated with intentions to become more physically active. Still, it did not translate in significant behaviour change at 2-4 weeks follow-up. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04973813. Retrospectively registered. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04973813..
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Health Psychol Behav Med
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Holanda