Perceived Goal Ownership, Regulatory Goal Cognition, and Health Behavior Change
Methods : A sample of 390 college students completed measures of (a) perceived goal ownership for a goal related to a health behavior that they, their dating partner, or both were seeking to change, (b) 9 aspects of regulatory goal cognition, and (c) health behavior change.
Results : As compared to participants with self-set and joint-set goals, participants with partner-set goals reported less adaptive regulatory goal cognition and were less likely to report positive changes in health behavior.
Conclusion : Efforts to change dating partner's health behaviors should be framed as joint-set goals.
Keywords: goals; health behaviors; self-regulation
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 2007
The American Journal of Health Behavior seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors.
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