TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning bridges the intention-behaviour gap
T2 - Age makes a difference and strategy use explains why
AU - Reuter, Tabea
AU - Ziegelmann, Jochen P.
AU - Wiedemann, Amelie U.
AU - Lippke, Sonia
AU - Schüz, Benjamin
AU - Aiken, Leona S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Deutsche Bahn AG and its employees for participating in this study. During the work on her dissertation, T. Reuter was a pre-doctoral fellow of the International Max Planck Research School ‘The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics’ (LIFE, www.imprs-life.mpg.de). This work has been supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the project FLARE-BSA (Project ID 01 ET0801). The content is the sole responsability of the authors.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Objective: This study examines age-differential association patterns between intentions, planning and physical activity in young and middleaged individuals. The effectiveness of planning to bridge the intention-behaviour gap is assumed to increase with advancing age. We explore the use of behaviour change strategies that include selection, optimisation and compensation (SOC) as underlying mechanisms for age differences. Methods: In N=265 employees of a national railway company (aged 19-64 years), intentions, planning, SOC strategy use and physical activity were assessed at baseline (Time 1) and again 1 month later (Time 2). Hypotheses were tested in two different path models. Results: Age moderates the extent to which planning mediates the intention-behaviour relation due to an increasing strength of the planning-behaviour link. As a possible psychological mechanism for these age differences, we identified SOC strategy use as a mediator of the age by planning interaction effect on physical activity. Conclusion: These findings suggest differential mechanisms in behaviour regulation in young and middleaged individuals.
AB - Objective: This study examines age-differential association patterns between intentions, planning and physical activity in young and middleaged individuals. The effectiveness of planning to bridge the intention-behaviour gap is assumed to increase with advancing age. We explore the use of behaviour change strategies that include selection, optimisation and compensation (SOC) as underlying mechanisms for age differences. Methods: In N=265 employees of a national railway company (aged 19-64 years), intentions, planning, SOC strategy use and physical activity were assessed at baseline (Time 1) and again 1 month later (Time 2). Hypotheses were tested in two different path models. Results: Age moderates the extent to which planning mediates the intention-behaviour relation due to an increasing strength of the planning-behaviour link. As a possible psychological mechanism for these age differences, we identified SOC strategy use as a mediator of the age by planning interaction effect on physical activity. Conclusion: These findings suggest differential mechanisms in behaviour regulation in young and middleaged individuals.
KW - Health behaviour change
KW - Mediation
KW - Moderation
KW - Optimisation and compensation (SOC)
KW - Planning
KW - Selection
KW - Self-regulation
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U2 - 10.1080/08870440902939857
DO - 10.1080/08870440902939857
M3 - Article
C2 - 20204963
AN - SCOPUS:77955913420
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 25
SP - 873
EP - 887
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 7
ER -