Abstract
We tested whether the nonspecific or placebo enhancement of well-being brought about by a health-promoting behavior was due to expectancy having an unmediated effect on outcome (response expectancy theory) or because expectancy was mediated through the behavioral and affective consequences of positively valued goal satisfaction (motivational concordance theory).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 793-796 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Journal | Health Psychol |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Attitude to Health
- Female
- Goals
- Health Behavior
- Humans
- Male
- Motivation
- Personal Satisfaction
- Placebo Effect
- Young Adult