When in Rome: Descriptive norms and physical activity

Priebe, Carly S.; Spink, Kevin S.

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.09.001

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“…Effective social support is more likely in cohesive groups with high levels of social identification and a positive group climate and in which supportive norms have been established (e.g. Priebe & Spink, 2011;Wakefield et al, 2013).…”

Section: Social Change Processes In Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms

Borek

Abraham

2018

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Background: Small groups are used to promote health, well-being, and personal change by altering members' perceptions, beliefs, expectations, and behaviour patterns. An extensive cross-disciplinary literature has articulated and tested theories explaining how such groups develop, function, and facilitate change. Yet these theoretical understandings are rarely applied in the development, description, and evaluation of health-promotion, group-based, behaviour-change interventions. Methods: Medline database, library catalogues, search engines, specific journals and reference lists were searched for relevant texts. Texts were reviewed for explanatory concepts or theories describing change processes in groups, which were integrated into the developing conceptual structure. This was designed to be a parsimonious conceptual framework that could be applied to design and delivery. Results: Five categories of interacting processes and concepts were identified and defined: (1) group development processes, (2) dynamic group processes, (3) social change processes, (4) personal change processes, and (5) group design and operating parameters. Each of these categories encompasses a variety of theorised mechanisms explaining individual change in small groups. Conclusion: The final conceptual model, together with the design issues and practical recommendations derived from it, provides a practical basis for linking research and theory explaining group functioning to optimal design of group-based, behaviour-change interventions.

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Section: Social Change Processes In Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms

Borek

Abraham

2018

Applied Psych Health & Well

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“…21,73 Common intervention elements thought to operate in conjunction with social support are self-efficacy, 74 perceived control 68,74 and social norms. 75 A trial of diet change and weight loss with the inclusion of group-based social support found that those who received social support regardless of the diet they followed lost more weight at years 1 and 2 than those who did not receive support. 76 Other studies also report that participants who received interventions which included social support lost more weight by the end of the study than did controls.…”

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“…Group work could help identify how such habits may be formed and also 75 reassure people that by becoming a habit things become easier to do over time. But it may also be useful to identify bad habits and how these may be broken by replacing them with good habits.…”

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A feasibility randomised controlled trial of a motivational interviewing-based intervention for weight loss maintenance in adults

Simpson

McNamara

Shaw

et al. 2015

Health Technol Assess

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This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full HTA archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Health Technology Assessment journalReports are published in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HTA programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors.Reviews in Health Technology Assessment are termed 'systematic' when the account of the search appraisal and synthesis methods (to minimise biases and random errors) would, in theory, permit the replication of the review by others. HTA programmeThe HTA programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was set up in 1993. It produces high-quality research information on the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of health technologies for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS. 'Health technologies' are broadly defined as all interventions used to promote health, prevent and treat disease, and improve rehabilitation and long-term care.The journal is indexed in NHS Evidence via its abstracts included in MEDLINE and its Technology Assessment Reports inform National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. HTA research is also an important source of evidence for National Screening Committee (NSC) policy decisions.For more information about the HTA programme please visit the website: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HTA programme as project number 08/44/04. The contractual start date was in September 2010. The draft report began editorial review in April 2014 and was accepted for publication in September 2014. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The HTA editors and publisher have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the draft document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HTA programme or the Department of Health. Published by...

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“…However, the evidence for their impact on PA is mixed (Priebe & Spink, 2012). Some studies have not demonstrated an impact (Jackson, Smith, & Conner, 2003;Lazuras, Ourda, Barkoukis, & Tsorbatzoudis, 2011;Slaunwhite, Smith, Fleming, & Fabrigar, 2009), whereas others have (Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, & Aherne, 2012;Humbert et al, 2006;Priebe & Spink, 2011;Spink, Crozier, & Robinson, 2013).…”

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Tracing How Normative Messages May Influence Physical Activity Intention

Bavel

Esposito

Baranowski

et al. 2017

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Normative messages have been shown to increase intention to do physical activity. We traced how "positive" and "negative" normative messages influenced physical activity intention by comparing constructs of the model of goal-directed behavior with descriptive norms (MGDB + DNs) across control and treatment groups in an experiment. For this purpose, 16-24-year-old respondents (n = 1,200) in Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania were asked about their age, sex, and levels of physical activity before being exposed to positive and negative normative messages and completing a questionnaire with MGDB + DNs scales. Different MGDB + DNs constructs were influenced by the normative messages: compared with the control, the negative message group showed stronger attitudes (p = .003) and the positive message group showed higher positive anticipated emotions (p = .005). The positive message's effect is consistent with the literature on conformity to social norms. The negative message's effect lends itself to interpretations based on social identity and deviance regulation theories.Keywords: descriptive norms, exercise psychology, health behavior, model of goal-directed behavior, theory of planned behavior, young adults

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When in Rome: Descriptive norms and physical activity

Cited by 76 publications

References 33 publications

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms

A feasibility randomised controlled trial of a motivational interviewing-based intervention for weight loss maintenance in adults

Tracing How Normative Messages May Influence Physical Activity Intention

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