Heidelberg University, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany.
J Health Psychol. 2021 Apr;26(5):659-671. doi: 10.1177/1359105319832345. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
Expectancies of cancer patients regarding their physical activity before they took part in a behavior change intervention were compared with their experiences during the intervention period. A total of 66 cancer patients completed either a randomly assigned 4-week physical activity or a stress-management counseling intervention. On average, participants had positive expectancies toward physical activity. Outcome expectancies predicted outcomes (e.g. physical activity) at a 10-week follow-up. Outcome realization (discrepancy between expectancies and experiences) further increased explained variance in self-efficacy and physical activity enjoyment. In conclusion, not only initial outcome expectancies but also their realizations seem to be important for subsequent behavior and cognitions.
癌症患者在参加行为改变干预之前对其身体活动的期望与他们在干预期间的体验进行了比较。共有 66 名癌症患者完成了随机分配的 4 周身体活动或应激管理咨询干预。平均而言，参与者对身体活动有积极的期望。结果期望预测了 10 周随访时的结果（例如身体活动）。结果实现（期望与体验之间的差异）进一步增加了自我效能感和身体活动享受的解释方差。总之，不仅初始结果期望，而且它们的实现似乎对后续行为和认知很重要。
