Abstract
Compensatory health beliefs (the beliefs that an unhealthy behaviour can be compensated by a healthy behaviour) can interfere with adherence to fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations. Fruit and vegetable consumption, social cognitive variables and compensatory health beliefs were investigated via self-report at baseline (T0) and 8-week follow-up (T1) in N = 790 participants. Self-efficacy predicted fruit and vegetable consumption intentions. Planning mediated between intentions and T1 fruit and vegetable consumption. Compensatory health beliefs negatively predicted intentions at low self-efficacy levels only. The results propose the use of self-efficacy interventions to diminish the negative effects of compensatory health beliefs when forming fruit and vegetable consumption intentions and foster planning to translate intentions into behaviour.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1094-1100 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- compensatory health beliefs
- fruit and vegetable consumption
- intention
- self-efficacy
- PLANNING INTERVENTION
- PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
- NUTRITION
- BEHAVIOR