Prestwich, AJ, Perugini, M and Hurling, R (2009) Can the effects of implementation intentions on exercise be enhanced using text messages? Psychology & Health, 24 (6). 677 - 687. ISSN 0887-0446
Abstract
Implementation intentions planning in advance the situation in which one will act, have been proposed to be an effective self-regulatory technique for changing health behaviour. Encouraging people to receive text message reminders of their implementation intentions should enhance their strength and, thus, it was predicted that this combined approach would be particularly effective in increasing exercise. Participants (N = 155) were randomly allocated to one of five conditions (implementation intentions and SMS, implementation intention, SMS or one of two control groups) then completed self-report measures of exercise behaviour and motivation. Four weeks later, they responded to similar items. Results suggested that the combined intervention increased exercise frequency significantly more than the other strategies including the implementation intention group. It is proposed, therefore, that implementation intention effects can be enhanced via plan reminders.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009, Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Psychology & Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in Psychology & Health © [2009] [copyright Taylor & Francis]; [Psychology & Health is available online at informaworldTM The final and definitive form of this manuscript can be found at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a905045644 |
Keywords: | implementation intentions; environmental cues; text message; reminders |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Unilever SPHERE CH-2003-1010 |
Depositing User: | Dr Andrew Prestwich |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2013 11:52 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2013 11:52 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870440802040715 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/08870440802040715 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76351 |