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'Sticking to a healthy diet is easier for me when I exercise regularly': cognitive transfer between physical exercise
Lena Fleig1, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Ralf Schwarzer
1a Social and Economic Psychology , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin , Germany.
Objective:
Long-term rehabilitation success depends on regular exercise and healthy nutrition. The present study introduces a new framework to explain this association on a psychosocial level. The exercise-nutrition relationship was investigated by exploring the sequential mediation of habit strength and transfer cognitions.
Design:
Analyses were performed at two measurement points in time (at 12 and 18 months after rehabilitation), involving 470 medical rehabilitation patients who participated in an exercise intervention.
Main Outcome Measures:
Patients filled in paper-pencil questionnaires assessing exercise (t1) and habit strength, transfer cognitions and healthy nutrition at follow-up (t2).
Results:
Habit strength and transfer cognitions mediated the relationship between exercise and nutrition.
Conclusion:
Findings suggest that habit strength and transfer cognitions are important factors underlying the relationship between exercise and nutrition.
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