2013
DOI: 10.1037/a0029937
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Examining causal components and a mediating process underlying self-generated health arguments for exercise and smoking cessation.

Abstract: The findings elucidate a causal component and a mediating process that explain why self-persuasion and related behavior change interventions, such as motivational interviewing, are effective. Findings also suggest that self-generated arguments may be an efficient way to deliver message interventions aimed at changing health behaviors.

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“…Overall, these novel findings demonstrated feasibility in a low-income, less educated population, as the two self-persuasion tasks were seen as helpful and relatively easy to complete. Many past self-persuasion studies directed participants to write arguments and were conducted with well-educated samples [2,4,6,7]. These findings support using the self-persuasion technique in diverse populations.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 53%
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“…Overall, these novel findings demonstrated feasibility in a low-income, less educated population, as the two self-persuasion tasks were seen as helpful and relatively easy to complete. Many past self-persuasion studies directed participants to write arguments and were conducted with well-educated samples [2,4,6,7]. These findings support using the self-persuasion technique in diverse populations.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 53%
“…Approaches to self-persuasion have improved health behaviors including smoking cessation, dietary behaviors, and safer sex practices [14,6,7]. However, such approaches have not been developed for use in U.S. safety-net clinics whose mission is to care for medically underserved populations (uninsured, low-income, less educated) [810].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…18 More research is needed to identify new methods and messages that will prompt effective selfreferential thinking. [59][60][61] Our mixed-methods study design provided unique qualitative data of the varied reactions to the cigarette warning labels. Such data are not meant to generalize to all smokers, but provide illustrations of authentic reactions to warning labels in a U.S. sample.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on the general population shows that mobilizing support from family and friends can enhance the effectiveness of interventions addressing obesity [34-36]. Many of the family members we interviewed supported their relative's weight loss efforts with little guidance from providers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%