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Future Time Perspective and Health Behaviors: Temporal Framing of Self-Regulatory Processes in Physical Exercise and Dietary Behaviors
Ist Teil von
Annals of behavioral medicine, 2012-04, Vol.43 (2), p.208-218
Ort / Verlag
New York: Springer-Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Quelle
Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Background
Limitations in perceived lifetime can undermine long-term goal striving. Planning is supposed to translate intentions into health behaviors and to operate as a compensatory strategy to overcome goal striving deficits associated with a limited time perspective.
Purpose
Two longitudinal studies were conducted examining the compensatory role of planning: an online survey on fruit and vegetable consumption (
N
= 909; 16–78 years; follow-up at 4 months) and a questionnaire study on physical exercise in older adults (
N
= 289; 60–95 years, over a half-year period).
Methods
Intentions, planning, and behavior were measured in a behavior-specific, future time perspective in a generic manner.
Results
Planning mediated between intentions and both health behaviors. Time perspective operated as a moderator, indicating that in individuals with a more limited time perspective, a stronger effect of planning on health behaviors emerged.
Conclusions
Planning as a self-regulatory strategy may compensate for a limited time perspective.