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  • Psychology of Motivation
  • Behavioral Science
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Healthy aging necessitates sustained beneficial behaviors throughout life.
  • Motivation is crucial for initiating and maintaining behavior change for healthy aging.
  • Existing interventions require theoretical grounding in motivation psychology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce psychological motivation frameworks for behavior change interventions.
  • To explore determinants, properties, and functionality of goals in behavior change.
  • To inform the design of scalable, tailored interventions for healthy aging.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of motivation theories.
  • Analysis of goal-related determinants, properties, and functionality.
  • Examination of conscious and nonconscious processes in goal pursuit.

Main Results:

  • Theories focusing on beliefs/attitudes as goal determinants.
  • Theories emphasizing goal structure and content.
  • Theories addressing conscious/nonconscious processes in goal functionality.
  • Introduction of strategies: if-then planning, mental contrasting, nudging, boosting.

Conclusions:

  • Motivation theories offer a foundation for effective healthy aging interventions.
  • Novel strategies like nudging and boosting can enhance intervention scalability.
  • Future interventions can be state-of-the-art and individually tailored for older adults.