What contributes to action plan enactment? Examining characteristics of physical activity plans
| Autor: | Sonia Lippke, Jan Keller, Benjamin Gardner, Sarah Pomp, Amelie U. Wiedemann, Lena Fleig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Heart Diseases medicine.medical_treatment Physical activity Psychological intervention Context (language use) Plan (drawing) Health Promotion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Musculoskeletal Diseases Exercise health care economics and organizations Applied Psychology 030505 public health Rehabilitation Flexibility (personality) General Medicine Action (philosophy) Action plan Chronic Disease Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology Risk Reduction Behavior Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Fleig, L, Gardner, B D, Keller, J, Lippke, S, Pomp, S & Wiedemann, A 2017, ' What contributes to action plan enactment? Examining characteristics of physical activity plans ', British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 940-957 . https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12263 |
| ISSN: | 2044-8287 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjhp.12263 |
| Popis: | Objectives Individuals with chronic conditions can benefit from formulating action plans to engage in regular physical activity. However, the content and the successful translation of plans into action, so-called plan enactment, are rarely adequately evaluated. The aim of this study was to describe the content of user-specified plans and to examine whether participants were more likely to enact their plans if these plans were highly specific, viable, and instrumental. Design and methods The study presents secondary analyses from a larger behavioural intervention in cardiac and orthopaedic rehabilitation. The content of 619 action plans from 229 participants was evaluated by two independent raters (i.e., qualitative analyses and ratings of specificity) and by participants themselves (i.e., instrumentality and viability). Plan enactment was also measured via self-reports. Multilevel analyses examined the relationship between these plan characteristics and subsequent plan enactment, and between plan enactment and aggregated physical activity. Results Participants preferred to plan leisure-time physical activities anchored around time-based cues. Specificity of occasion cues (i.e., when to act) and highly instrumental plans were positively associated with plan enactment. Interestingly, individuals who planned less specific behavioural responses (i.e., what to do) were more likely to enact their plans. Plan enactment was positively associated with aggregated behaviour. Conclusions Interventions should not only emphasize the importance of planning, but also the benefits of formulating specific contextual cues. Planning of the behavioural response seems to require less precision. Allowing for some flexibility in executing the anticipated target behaviour seems to aid successful plan enactment. Statement of Contribution What is already known on this subject? Action planning interventions are efficacious in promoting health behaviour. Characteristics of plan content (i.e., specificity) matter for unconditional behaviour change. Plan enactment (i.e., degree to which plan is followed through) is positively linked to behaviour change. What does this study add? Specificity of occasion cues (i.e., when to act) and highly instrumental plans were positively associated with plan enactment. Individuals who planned less specific behavioural responses (i.e., what to do) were more likely to enact their plans. Planning interventions should focus on specificity of context cues but flexibility of behavioural action. |
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