Berry Tanya R, Courneya Kerry S, Norris Colleen M, Rodgers Wendy M, Spence John C
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
SAGE Open Med. 2019 Aug 18;7:2050312119871183. doi: 10.1177/2050312119871183. eCollection 2019.
This exploratory research examined if breast cancer or heart disease is automatically associated with physical activity compared to fruit and vegetable stimuli; if reading messages about reducing risk of breast cancer or heart disease through physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption would affect automatic associations; and if automatic associations were related to intentions to be physically active or consume fruit and vegetables.
Participants were 80 women who completed pretest measures of automatic associations, then read a breast cancer, heart disease, or control message, followed by posttest measures.
There was a significant association of breast cancer-related words with fruit and vegetables compared to physical activity. Heart disease was also more strongly associated with fruit and vegetables than physical activity at pretest but not at posttest. There were no other significant findings.
This research highlights that fruit and vegetables rather than physical activity are more strongly associated with perceptions of breast cancer and heart disease. Automatic associations are an attitudinal construct, and the strength of association between fruit and vegetables, rather than physical activity, indicates how messages may be processed.
本探索性研究考察了与水果和蔬菜刺激相比，乳腺癌或心脏病是否会自动与身体活动相关联；阅读关于通过身体活动以及食用水果和蔬菜来降低乳腺癌或心脏病风险的信息是否会影响自动关联；以及自动关联是否与进行身体活动或食用水果和蔬菜的意图相关。
80名女性参与者完成了自动关联的预测试量，然后阅读了一条关于乳腺癌、心脏病或对照的信息，随后进行后测试量。
与身体活动相比，与乳腺癌相关的词汇与水果和蔬菜之间存在显著关联。在预测试中，心脏病与水果和蔬菜的关联也比与身体活动的关联更强，但在 posttest 中并非如此。没有其他显著发现。
本研究强调，与身体活动相比，水果和蔬菜与乳腺癌和心脏病的认知关联更强。自动关联是一种态度结构，水果和蔬菜之间关联的强度而非身体活动，表明了信息可能的处理方式。
