The Influence of Antiobesity Media Content on Intention to Eat Healthily and Exercise: A Test of the Ordered Protection Motivation Theory
Joint Authors
Ritland, Raeann
Rodriguez, Lulu
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study extended the ordered protection motivation framework to determine whether exposure and attention to antiobesity media content increases people’s appraisals of threat and their ability to cope with it.
It also assesses whether these cognitive processes, in turn, affected people’s intention to abide by the practices recommended to prevent obesity.
The results of a national online survey using a nonprobability sample indicate that attention to mediated obesity and related information significantly increased people’s intention to exercise as well as their overall coping appraisals (the perceived effectiveness of the recommended behaviors and their ability to perform them).
Likewise, increased threat and coping appraisals were both found to significantly influence people’s intention to exercise and diet.
Coping (rather than threat) appraisals more strongly predicted behavioral intent.
Following the attitude-behavior literature, behavioral intention was used as the most proximate predictor of actual behavior (i.e., stronger intentions increase the likelihood of behavior change).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ritland, Raeann& Rodriguez, Lulu. 2014. The Influence of Antiobesity Media Content on Intention to Eat Healthily and Exercise: A Test of the Ordered Protection Motivation Theory. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042398
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ritland, Raeann& Rodriguez, Lulu. The Influence of Antiobesity Media Content on Intention to Eat Healthily and Exercise: A Test of the Ordered Protection Motivation Theory. Journal of Obesity No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042398
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ritland, Raeann& Rodriguez, Lulu. The Influence of Antiobesity Media Content on Intention to Eat Healthily and Exercise: A Test of the Ordered Protection Motivation Theory. Journal of Obesity. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042398
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1042398