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Changing exercise through targeting affective or cognitive attitudes.

Mark Conner¹, Ryan E Rhodes, Ben Morris

¹Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. m.t.conner@leeds.ac.uk

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Affective messages significantly increased self-reported exercise more than cognitive messages or no message. This effect was linked to changes in affective attitudes, especially for individuals high in need for affect or low in need for cognition.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Behavioral Science
Health Promotion

Background:

Understanding effective strategies for promoting exercise behavior is crucial for public health.
Previous research has explored cognitive and affective approaches to behavior change, with varying results.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of affective and cognitive messages versus a control condition on self-reported exercise.
To examine the mediating role of affective attitude change in response to these messages.
To investigate the moderating influence of need for affect and need for cognition on message effectiveness.

Main Methods:

Two studies with student samples (N=383, N=197) used random allocation to affective message, cognitive message, or control conditions.
Participants completed measures of the theory of planned behavior and self-reported exercise levels.
Study 2 additionally measured need for affect and need for cognition.

Main Results:

Affective messages led to significantly greater increases in self-reported exercise compared to cognitive or control messages.
Affective attitude change partially mediated the effect of affective messages on exercise.
The positive impact of affective messages was more pronounced in individuals high in need for affect or low in need for cognition.

Conclusions:

Affective messages are a valuable tool for enhancing exercise behavior, particularly when targeting affective attitudes.
Individual differences in need for affect and need for cognition can influence the effectiveness of persuasive messages for exercise promotion.