Health hopes and fears for the future in relation to health behavior and current health status

McGinty, Heather L.; Dark-Freudeman, Alissa; West, Robin L.

doi:10.1177/1359105312465103

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“…Petty et al, 2013) is associated with physical behavior. Individual difference variables such as approach/avoidance motivation (Hevey and Dolan, 2014), "Health Types" (McGinty et al, 2012), sensation seeking in adolescents (Sallis et al, 2000) and some components of the Big Five personality traits (Rhodes and Smith, 2006) influence the likelihood of a person performing certain types of physical activities. Second, there is strong evidence that cognition is related to physical activity in daily life.…”

Section: Cognition and Physical Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The physical sacrifice of thinking: Investigating the relationship between thinking and physical activity in everyday life

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Physical activity level is an important contributor to overall human health and obesity. Research has shown that humans possess a number of traits that influence their physical activity level including social cognition. We examined whether the trait of "need for cognition" was associated with daily physical activity levels. We recruited individuals who were high or low in need for cognition and measured their physical activity level in 30-second epochs over a 1-week period. The overall findings showed that low-need-for-cognition individuals were more physically active, but this difference was most pronounced during the 5-day work week and lessened during the weekend.

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Section: Cognition and Physical Activitymentioning

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The physical sacrifice of thinking: Investigating the relationship between thinking and physical activity in everyday life

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“…Our focus is within the latter context. We look at adherence from a self‐management perspective, where control perceptions are a key component of patients' self‐regulation beliefs (McGinty, Dark‐Freudeman, and West ; Platt et al ), which allow for better patient self‐management of their illness (Phillips, Leventhal, and Leventhal ). Additionally, patient emotions such as hope can play an important role in adherence or nonadherence decisions (Platt et al ).…”

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“…Additionally, patient emotions such as hope can play an important role in adherence or nonadherence decisions (Platt et al ). Hope for the future can act as a motivator for current health behaviors (McGinty, Dark‐Freudeman, and West ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following the modified social learning theory (Wallston ), perceptions of control is conceptualized using self‐efficacy and locus of control theories. Taken together, self‐efficacy and locus of control reflect self‐regulation beliefs (McGinty, Dark‐Freudeman, and West ; Platt et al ), which allow for better patient self‐management of their illness (Phillips, Leventhal, and Leventhal ). Self‐efficacy theory (Bandura ) involves an individual's competence beliefs in a given situation (Green and Murdock ).…”

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“…They affirm that agency is important to hope. Self‐regulatory beliefs reflected by control perceptions are associated with lower unpreventable fears and higher hopes for health maintenance, which in turn lead to more health promotion activities (McGinty, Dark‐Freudeman, and West ). Hope is therefore expected to mediate the relationship between dimensions of control (agency beliefs) and adherence:

H7 : Hope will mediate the relationship between perceptions of control dimensions and adherence to treatment regimens.…”

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Health hopes and fears for the future in relation to health behavior and current health status

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

The physical sacrifice of thinking: Investigating the relationship between thinking and physical activity in everyday life

The physical sacrifice of thinking: Investigating the relationship between thinking and physical activity in everyday life

Why People Do Not Always Follow the Doctor's Orders: The Role of Hope and Perceived Control

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