Living for Today or Tomorrow? Self‐Regulation amidst Proximal or Distal Exercise Outcomes

Autor:	Noah Litvak, Anne E. Wilson, M. Blair Evans, Scott A. Leith, Erin Shanahan
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Health Behavior Physical activity 050109 social psychology Self-Control Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Exercise behavior Exercise Applied Psychology Aged Self-efficacy Motivation 030505 public health 05 social sciences Sustained exercise Middle Aged Self Efficacy Health promotion Temporal distance Physical therapy Female 0305 other medical science Psychology
Zdroj:	Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 11:304-327
ISSN:	1758-0854 1758-0846
DOI:	10.1111/aphw.12160
Popis:	Background Although health promotion efforts to increase exercise behavior often emphasise long-term outcomes, sustained action in service of a distal reward is challenging. These studies examined how focusing on the proximal benefits of exercise, compared to distal outcomes or more general outcomes, may strengthen individuals' self-regulatory self-efficacy and support physical activity or exercise behavior. Methods Participants in Study 1 (N = 1057 community members) completed an online survey. Participants in Study 2 (N = 69 students) and Study 3 (N = 107 students) experienced experimental manipulations related to proximal or distal outcomes of exercise, and then completed survey measures. In Study 4, new members at a commercial gym (N = 210) completed a survey and had check-ins recorded over 17 weeks. Results In Study 1, participants who ranked proximal outcomes of exercise as relatively more important than distal outcomes reported more frequent physical activity. In Studies 2 and 3, participants induced to focus on proximal outcomes reported increased self-regulatory self-efficacy. In Study 4, valuing proximal benefits predicted sustained exercise behavior (i.e. check-ins), particularly when fitness goal adherence felt difficult. Conclusions Those holding increased proximal outcome beliefs reported more activity and greater efficacy to overcome the barriers that derail exercise.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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