Rogers Adam A, Halvari Anne E M, Johnsen Jan-Are K, Solbakk Anne-Kristin
Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Institute of Clinical Dentistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
Health Psychol Behav Med. 2023 Aug 27;11(1):2249972. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2023.2249972. eCollection 2023.
Flossing among young adults is often infrequent and barriers not completely understood. One explanation concerns the capacity for executive functioning (EF) during the self-regulation of behaviour.
Using Temporal Self-Regulation Theory (TST) as a framework to explore EF, young adults from Norwegian universities completed a survey that measured monthly flossing frequency, flossing-related intentions and behavioural prepotency (BP), and EF using the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function - Adult Version (BRIEF-A).
Data from 362 participants were analysed. The TST-model explained a substantial proportion of variance in monthly flossing ( = 074), and flossing was associated directly with intention and BP, and interactions between intention and both BP and global-EF. Sub-domains of EF were explored using the same model, revealing that behavioural regulation processes, specifically those related to emotional control and shifting between tasks, offered better fit. Simple slopes revealed that moderation effects were only present at lower levels of BP.
EF plays a role in moderating the translation of intentions into flossing behaviour. Specifically, emotional control and task-shifting appear to be influential, and this influence increases when habitual and environmental support (i.e. BP) is reduced. Overcoming EF-barriers may represent a key step in establishing flossing behaviours.
年轻人使用牙线的频率通常很低，且其中的阻碍尚未完全明晰。一种解释涉及行为自我调节过程中的执行功能（EF）能力。
以时间自我调节理论（TST）为框架来探究执行功能，挪威大学的年轻人完成了一项调查，该调查测量了每月使用牙线的频率、与使用牙线相关的意图和行为优势（BP），并使用执行功能行为评定量表成人版（BRIEF-A）来测量执行功能。
对362名参与者的数据进行了分析。TST模型解释了每月使用牙线情况中很大一部分的方差（=0.74），并且使用牙线与意图和行为优势直接相关，以及意图与行为优势和整体执行功能之间的相互作用。使用相同模型对执行功能的子领域进行了探究，结果显示行为调节过程，特别是那些与情绪控制和任务转换相关的过程，拟合效果更好。简单斜率分析表明，调节效应仅在较低水平的行为优势时存在。
执行功能在调节意图转化为使用牙线行为的过程中发挥作用。具体而言，情绪控制和任务转换似乎具有影响力，并且当习惯和环境支持（即行为优势）降低时，这种影响会增强。克服执行功能障碍可能是建立使用牙线行为的关键一步。
