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Changes in intentions, planning, and self-efficacy predict changes in behaviors: an application of latent true change modeling

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Reuter, T and Ziegelmann, JP and Wiedemann, AU and Geiser, C and Lippke, S and Schuz, B and Schwarzer, R, Changes in intentions, planning, and self-efficacy predict changes in behaviors: an application of latent true change modeling, Journal of Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary, International Journal, 15, (6) pp. 935-947. ISSN 1359-1053 (2010) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1177/1359105309360071

Abstract

Can latent true changes in intention, planning, and self-efficacy account for latent change in two health behaviors (physical activity as well as fruit and vegetable intake)? Baseline data on predictors and behaviors and corresponding follow-up data four weeks later were collected from 853 participants. Interindividual differences in change and change–change associations were analyzed using structural equation modeling. For both behaviors, similar prediction patterns were found: changes in intention and self-efficacy predicted changes in planning, which in turn corresponded to changes in behavior. This evidence confirms that change predicts change, which is an inherent precondition in behavior change theories.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:behavior change, latent change modeling, planning, self-efficacy, self-regulation
Research Division:Psychology
Research Group:Clinical and health psychology
Research Field:Health psychology
Objective Division:Health
Objective Group:Public health (excl. specific population health)
Objective Field:Behaviour and health
UTAS Author:Schuz, B (Dr Benjamin Schuez)
ID Code:75075
Year Published:2010
Web of Science® Times Cited:68
Deposited By:Psychology
Deposited On:2012-01-06
Last Modified:2016-09-30
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