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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fleig, Lena
• Kerschreiter, Rudolf
• Schwarzer, Ralf
• Pomp, Sarah
• Lippke, Sonia

Titel

'Sticking to a healthy diet is easier for me when I exercise regularly': Cognitive transfer between physical exercise and healthy nutrition

Ist Teil von

• Psychology & health, 2014-01, Vol.29 (12), p.1361-1372

Ort / Verlag

England: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Quelle

EBSCOhost Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective: Long-term rehabilitation success depends on regular exercise and healthy nutrition. The present study introduces a new framework to explain this association on a psychosocial level. The exercise-nutrition relationship was investigated by exploring the sequential mediation of habit strength and transfer cognitions. Design: Analyses were performed at two measurement points in time (at 12 and 18 months after rehabilitation), involving 470 medical rehabilitation patients who participated in an exercise intervention. Main outcome measures: Patients filled in paper-pencil questionnaires assessing exercise (t1) and habit strength, transfer cognitions and healthy nutrition at follow-up (t2). Results: Habit strength and transfer cognitions mediated the relationship between exercise and nutrition. Conclusion: Findings suggest that habit strength and transfer cognitions are important factors underlying the relationship between exercise and nutrition.