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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gellert, Paul
• Ziegelmann, Jochen P.
• Lippke, Sonia
• Schwarzer, Ralf

Titel

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.