title: Brief report: Compensatory health beliefs are negatively associated with intentions for regular fruit and vegetable consumption when self-efficacy is low.
abstract: Compensatory health beliefs (the beliefs that an unhealthy behaviour can be compensated by a healthy behaviour) can interfere with adherence to fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations. Fruit and vegetable consumption, social cognitive variables and compensatory health beliefs were investigated via self-report at baseline (T0) and 8-week follow-up (T1) in N = 790 participants. Self-efficacy predicted fruit and vegetable consumption intentions. Planning mediated between intentions and T1 fruit and vegetable consumption. Compensatory health beliefs negatively predicted intentions at low self-efficacy levels only. The results propose the use of self-efficacy interventions to diminish the negative effects of compensatory health beliefs when forming fruit and vegetable consumption intentions and foster planning to translate intentions into behaviour.
authors.affiliation: 1 Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Storm
authors.affiliation: 1 Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.|2 Maastricht University, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reinwand
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wienert
authors.affiliation: 4 University of Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuhlmann
authors.affiliation: 2 Maastricht University, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Vries
authors.affiliation: 1 Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lippke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000072001:Diet, Healthy / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005638:Fruit; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cardiovascular disease; compensatory health beliefs; fruit and vegetable consumption; intention; self-efficacy