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05/27/2010 - 05/27/2010 | Berlin

Increasing physical activity using self-affirmation - Richard Cooke PhD (Aston University, Birmingham)

Self-affirmation (affirming a valued aspect of the self-concept, such as honesty or reliability) has been shown to reduce defensive processing of health messages, increase message acceptance and decrease intentions to engage in health risk behaviours. However, many studies report that self-affirming does not lead to significant behaviour change. This talk focuses on two factors which may account for why self-affirmation does not lead to behaviour change. First, we studied a health promotion behaviour. Second, we tested the possibility that self-affirmation works interactively with other factors to produce health behaviour change. Specifically, we tested the interaction between self-affirmation and consideration of future consequences (i.e., how much an individual thinks about the future), because previous research showed that individuals with low consideration of future consequences are less likely to engage in health promotion behaviours like physical activity. Results of the study show that self-affirmation increased self-reported physical activity and also interacted with consideration of future consequences, such that individuals low in consideration of future consequences, who self-affirmed, engaged in more physical activity than all other groups. The implications of this research for self-affirmation theory and health promotion will be discussed.

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Der Besuch dieser Veranstaltung ist kostenlos.

Date:

05/27/2010 17:30 - 05/27/2010 19:00

Event venue:

Die Veranstaltungen der öffentlichen Vortragsreihe finden statt im
Deutschen Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA)
- Großer Sitzungsraum, 3. OG -
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
12101 Berlin

Anfahrt:
U-Bahnlinie U6, Haltestelle "Platz der Luftbrücke" (Flughafen Tempelhof), Buslinien: 104, 248
12101 Berlin
Berlin
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, all interested persons

Relevance:

transregional, national

Subject areas:

Medicine, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Psychology, Social studies

Types of events:

Entry:

04/22/2010

Sender/author:

Stefanie Hartmann

Department:

Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event31058

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