title: Self-efficacy, planning and action control in an oral self-care intervention.
abstract: To evaluate a theory-guided intervention on oral self-care and examine the possible mechanisms among self-regulatory factors, two brief intervention arms were compared, an information-based education treatment and a self-regulation treatment focusing on planning and action control. Young adults (N = 284; aged 18-29 years) were assessed at baseline and 1 month later. The self-regulation intervention improved levels of oral self-care, dental planning and action control. Moreover, a moderated mediation model with planning as the mediator between experimental conditions and dental outcome, and self-efficacy as well as action control as moderators elucidated the mechanism of change. More self-efficacious participants in the self-regulation condition benefitted in terms of more planning, and those who monitored their actions yielded higher levels of oral hygiene. Dental self-efficacy, dental planning and action control are involved in the improvement of oral self-care. Their joint consideration may contribute to a better understanding of health behavior change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany, guangyu@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Guangyu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Henan Vocational College of Chemical Technology, Zhengshanglu 548, 450042 Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
authors.forename: Caiyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Knoll
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mt Gravatt 4122, Australia, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth 6102, Australia.
authors.forename: Kyra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Barker Road 25A, 2135 Strathfield, Australia and University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwarzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012648:Self Care; D020377:Self Efficacy; D055815:Young Adult