Inauen Jennifer, Shrout Patrick E, Bolger Niall, Stadler Gertraud, Scholz Urte
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 219 Schermerhorn Ext, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Ann Behav Med. 2016 Aug;50(4):516-22. doi: 10.1007/s12160-016-9776-x.
Despite their good intentions, people often do not eat healthily. This is known as the intention-behavior gap. Although the intention-behavior relationship is theorized as a within-person process, most evidence is based on between-person differences.
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the within-person intention-behavior association for unhealthy snack consumption.
Young adults (N = 45) participated in an intensive longitudinal study. They reported intentions and snack consumption five times daily for 7 days (n = 1068 observations analyzed).
A within-person unit difference in intentions was associated with a halving of the number of unhealthy snacks consumed in the following 3 h (CI95 27-70 %). Between-person differences in average intentions did not predict unhealthy snack consumption.
Consistent with theory, the intention-behavior relation for healthy eating is best understood as a within-person process. Interventions to reduce unhealthy snacking should target times of day when intentions are weakest.
尽管人们动机良好,但往往饮食不健康。这被称为意图 - 行为差距。虽然意图 - 行为关系在理论上被视为个体内部的过程,但大多数证据基于个体间差异。
本研究旨在调查个体内部不健康零食消费的意图 - 行为关联。
年轻人(N = 45)参与了一项密集纵向研究。他们在7天内每天报告5次意图和零食消费情况(共分析了n = 1068次观察结果)。
意图上的个体内部单位差异与接下来3小时内不健康零食消费数量减半相关(95%置信区间为27% - 70%)。平均意图的个体间差异无法预测不健康零食消费情况。
与理论一致,健康饮食的意图 - 行为关系最好理解为个体内部过程。减少不健康零食摄入的干预措施应针对意图最薄弱的时间段。