Examining the implications of perceiving one’s future health as a goal or a standard for affect, motivation, and health behaviour

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brook L. Haight ◽  
Michael A. Busseri
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Future Health

scholarly journals Perceived extrinsic mortality risk and reported effort in looking after health: Testing a behavioural ecological prediction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian V Pepper ◽  
Daniel Nettle
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Socioeconomic Position ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Extrinsic Mortality ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Intrinsic Mortality

Socioeconomic gradients in health behaviour are pervasive and well documented. Yet, there is little consensus on their causes. Behavioural ecological theory predicts that, if people of lower socioeconomic position (SEP) perceive greater personal extrinsic mortality risk than those of higher SEP, they should disinvest in their future health. We surveyed North American adults for reported effort in looking after health, perceived extrinsic and intrinsic mortality risks, and measures of SEP. We examined the relationships between these variables and found that lower subjective SEP predicted lower reported health effort. Lower subjective SEP was also associated with higher perceived extrinsic mortality risk, which in turn predicted lower reported health effort. The effect of subjective SEP on reported health effort was completely mediated by perceived extrinsic mortality risk. Our findings indicate that perceived extrinsic mortality risk may be a key factor underlying SEP gradients in motivation to invest in future health.

Perspectives of future health in self and others: The moderating role of culture

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 703-712
Author(s):  
Hee Jin Jeon ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Anthony L Burrow ◽  
Kaylin Ratner
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Moderating Role

People tend to perceive themselves more favourably than others, but the degree to which individuals exhibit this bias may be influenced by cultural upbringing. Korean ( n = 271) and American ( n = 503) participants were asked to evaluate current and future health expectations for themselves and others. Results showed that American participants rated their own future health more positively than others’ future health, whereas Korean participants rated their own and others’ future health similarly. Given its role in patient health behaviour, implications for creating context-sensitive interventions for future health expectations are discussed.

Can school-related factors predict future health behaviour among young adolescents?

Public Health ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Gillander Gådin ◽  
A Hammarström
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Related Factors

scholarly journals Perceived extrinsic mortality risk and reported effort in looking after health: Testing a behavioural ecological prediction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian V Pepper ◽  
Daniel Nettle
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Socioeconomic Position ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Extrinsic Mortality ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Intrinsic Mortality

Socioeconomic gradients in health behaviour are pervasive and well documented. Yet, there is little consensus on their causes. Behavioural ecological theory predicts that, if people of lower socioeconomic position (SEP) perceive greater personal extrinsic mortality risk than those of higher SEP, they should disinvest in their future health. We surveyed North American adults for reported effort in looking after health, perceived extrinsic and intrinsic mortality risks, and measures of SEP. We examined the relationships between these variables and found that lower subjective SEP predicted lower reported health effort. Lower subjective SEP was also associated with higher perceived extrinsic mortality risk, which in turn predicted lower reported health effort. The effect of subjective SEP on reported health effort was completely mediated by perceived extrinsic mortality risk. Our findings indicate that perceived extrinsic mortality risk may be a key factor underlying SEP gradients in motivation to invest in future health.

scholarly journals Perceived extrinsic mortality risk and health behaviour: Testing a behavioural ecological model

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian V Pepper ◽  
Daniel Nettle
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Large Effect Size ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Extrinsic Mortality ◽  
Intrinsic Mortality ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: Socioeconomic gradients in health behaviour are pervasive and well documented. Yet, outside the evolutionary literature, there is no consensus on their causes. Our previously presented theoretical behavioural ecological model predicted that people of low socioeconomic position (SEP) should perceive greater personal extrinsic mortality risk than those of higher SEP, leading them to disinvest in their future health. We collected data to test this prediction. Methods: We surveyed North American adults for measures of SEP, effort in looking after health and perceived extrinsic and intrinsic mortality risks. We examined the relationships between SEP, perceived mortality risks and effort in looking after health. We then tested whether the association between SEP and effort in looking after health was mediated by perceived extrinsic mortality risk. Results: SEP was associated with effort in looking after health. Lower SEP was also associated with higher perceived extrinsic mortality risk, which in turn predicted effort in looking after health. The effect of SEP on effort in looking after health was completely mediated by perceived extrinsic mortality risk. Conclusions: Our findings support the predictions of our previously presented theoretical model. They show that SEP gradients in perceptions of extrinsic mortality risk mirror known SEP gradients in actual extrinsic mortality risk. The large effect size for the relationship between perceived extrinsic mortality risk and health effort in our sample indicates that perceived extrinsic mortality risk may be a key predictor of health behaviour.

Radikalisierung? Ein Interpretationsmodell jugendlichen Alkoholkonsums von 1986 bis 1998 in der Schweiz

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 393-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel N. Kuntsche
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
School Aged Children

Fragestellung: Gesundheitssurveys stellen unabdingbare Informationsquellen für Präventionsmaßnahmen dar. Aufgrund der Fülle an Informationen in solchen Umfragen ist es oftmals jedoch schwer, übergreifende und handlungsleitende Tendenzen zu entnehmen. Ausgehend von Annahmen zu abnehmenden Geschlechterdifferenzen und einem veränderten Einstiegsalter in Bezug auf regelmäßigen Alkoholkonsum versucht die vorliegende Studie ein Interpretationsmodell zu entwickeln. </P><P> Methodik: Die Daten stammen aus dem schweizerischen Teil des internationalen Projekts »Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC)«, in welchem 17.142 Schulkinder im Alter von 11, 13 und 15 Jahren von 1986 bis 1998 alle vier Jahre in der Schweiz national repräsentativ befragt wurden. </P><P> Ergebnisse: Es zeigt sich, dass der Anteil regelmäßig Alkoholkonsumierender unter Jüngeren leicht abgenommen hat, während er bei 15-Jährigen stark gestiegen ist. Analog hat sich der Anteil wiederholt betrunken Gewesener unter älteren Schulkindern drastisch erhöht. </P><P> Schlussfolgerungen: Aufgrund der Ergebnisse lässt sich von einer Radikalisierung jugendlichen Alkoholkonsums sprechen, deren präventive Implikationen abschließend erörtert werden.

Sozioökonomische Unterschiede im Substanzkonsum von Jugendlichen

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Richter ◽  
Klaus Hurrelmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviour ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Präventive Maßnahmen

<B>Fragestellung:</B> Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob der Konsum psychoaktiver Substanzen im Jugendalter mit dem sozioökonomischen Status der Eltern und dem Schultyp der Jugendlichen variiert. </P><P> <B>Methodik:</B> Die Daten stammen aus dem deutschen Teil der internationalen WHO-Studie »Health Behaviour in School-aged Children«, in der 5.650 Schulkinder im Alter von 11 bis 15 Jahren im Jahr 2002 befragt wurden. </P><P> <B>Ergebnisse:</B> Während der Berufsstatus der Eltern und der familiäre Wohlstand nur einen schwachen Einfluss auf den Substanzkonsum von Jugendlichen aufweisen, steht der Schultyp in einer engeren Beziehung zum Tabak-und Alkoholkonsum. Für den Cannabiskonsum konnten weder sozioökonomische noch schulformspezifische Unterschiede nachgewiesen werden. </P><P> <B>Schlussfolgerungen:</B> Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass präventive Maßnahmen, die auf eine Reduzierung aktueller ebenso wie späterer gesundheitlicher Ungleichheiten abzielen, verstärkt im schulischen Kontext – insbesondere in den Haupt- und Realschulen – zu implementieren sind.

Social exchange processes, health behaviour, and health behaviour change

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
Urte Scholz ◽  
Rainer Hornung
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Exchange Processes ◽  
Multi Method Approach

Abstract. The main research areas of the Social and Health Psychology group at the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, are introduced. Exemplarily, three currently ongoing projects are described. The project ”Dyadic exchange processes in couples facing dementia” examines social exchanges in couples with the husband suffering from dementia and is based on Equity Theory. This project applies a multi-method approach by combining self-report with observational data. The ”Swiss Tobacco Monitoring System” (TMS) is a representative survey on smoking behaviour in Switzerland. Besides its survey character, the Swiss TMS also allows for testing psychological research questions on smoking with a representative sample. The project, ”Theory-based planning interventions for changing nutrition behaviour in overweight individuals”, elaborates on the concept of planning. More specifically, it is tested whether there is a critical amount of repetitions of a planning intervention (e.g., three or nine times) in order to ensure long-term effects.

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