Kroese Floor M, de Ridder Denise T D
a Department of Psychology , Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands.
Health Psychol Rev. 2016 Sep;10(3):313-25. doi: 10.1080/17437199.2015.1116019. Epub 2015 Dec 7.
In this paper, we highlight a novel perspective on health behaviour failure by considering reasoned procrastination as a contributing factor. We argue that the failure to enact intentions does not necessarily occur because people are victims of their strong impulses, but that people may also knowingly and wilfully postpone their intended actions. While procrastination is acknowledged as a factor associated with intention-behaviour gaps in other domains, it has surprisingly received only very little attention in the domain of health behaviour. We argue that it is particularly important to recognise the waxing and waning of intentions: rather than being truly abandoned, intentions may sometimes be temporarily put aside. This paper describes how the procrastination account relates to the intention-behaviour gap as we know it, what is known about procrastination and health behaviour, and what theoretical and practical implications can be derived from the addition of this novel perspective to our understanding of health behaviour change.
在本文中，我们通过将理性拖延视为一个促成因素，突出了对健康行为失败的一种新视角。我们认为，未能实施意图并不一定是因为人们成为了自身强烈冲动的受害者，而是人们也可能有意识且故意地推迟他们原本打算采取的行动。虽然拖延被认为是与其他领域中意图 - 行为差距相关的一个因素，但令人惊讶的是，它在健康行为领域中只受到了极少的关注。我们认为，认识到意图的起伏尤为重要：意图有时可能会被暂时搁置，而不是真正被放弃。本文描述了拖延理论与我们所熟知的意图 - 行为差距之间的关系、关于拖延与健康行为的已知情况，以及将这一新视角纳入我们对健康行为改变的理解中可得出的理论和实践意义。
