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Tabea Reuter1, Jochen P Ziegelmann, Amelie U Wiedemann
1University of Konstanz, Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, Konstanz, Germany. tabea.reuter@uni-konstanz.de
Abstract:
Can latent true changes in intention, planning, and self-efficacy account for latent change in two health behaviors (physical activity as well as fruit and vegetable intake)? Baseline data on predictors and behaviors and corresponding follow-up data four weeks later were collected from 853 participants. Interindividual differences in change and change-change associations were analyzed using structural equation modeling. For both behaviors, similar prediction patterns were found: changes in intention and self-efficacy predicted changes in planning, which in turn corresponded to changes in behavior. This evidence confirms that change predicts change, which is an inherent precondition in behavior change theories.
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