Enhancing Planning Strategies for Sunscreen Use at Different Stages of Change

Autor/inn/en	Craciun, Catrinel; Schuz, Natalie; Lippke, Sonia; Schwarzer, Ralf
Titel	Enhancing Planning Strategies for Sunscreen Use at Different Stages of Change
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 27 (2012) 5, S. 857-867Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cys091
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Planning; Intervention; Psychology; Comparative Analysis; Coping; Predictor Variables; Safety; Radiation; Health Education; Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Psychologie; Bewältigung; Prädiktor; Sicherheit; Strahlung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Evaluierung
Abstract	To promote sun safety by implementing different plans for sunscreen use, different psychological interventions are compared. Self-regulatory strategies such as action planning and coping planning are seen as proximal predictors of actual behavior. The study compares a pure planning intervention with a broader resource communication and examines differential effects at different stages of change. A sun safety online study was designed with two intervention groups (resource communication versus planning) and one control group at two assessment points, 2 weeks apart. Participants (N = 292) were grouped "post hoc" according to their stage of change, resulting in 51 pre-intenders (no intention to use sunscreen), 102 intenders (high intention but no regular use of sunscreen) and 139 actors (sunscreen use on a regular basis). No overall treatment effects on planning, but an interaction between time, stage and intervention emerged. The resource communication was more effective for pre-intenders, whereas the planning intervention proved more effective for intenders. A planning treatment was more beneficial in motivated individuals, whereas a broader approach was better for unmotivated ones. Findings highlight the potential that stage-matched interventions might have in the context of sun safety promotion. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10