Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis.
Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis.
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10.1037/hea0000294
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2016-11
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Gilkey MB
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Brewer NT;DeFrank JT;Gilkey MB
风险信念是大多数健康行为理论的核心，但许多悬而未决的问题仍然是越来越多的研究风险结构，预期后悔。我们试图更好地理解预期后悔在激励健康行为中的作用。我们系统地搜索了电子数据库中关于预期后悔和行为意图或健康行为的研究。我们使用随机效应荟萃分析来综合81项研究（n= 45，618）的效应量。预期后悔与意图（r+= .50，p<.001）和健康行为（r+= .29，p<.001）都相关。更大的预期后悔从事一种行为（即，行动后悔）预测较弱的意图和行为，而更大的预期后悔来自不参与行为（即，不作为后悔）预测更强的意图和行为。预期的行动后悔有较小的协会与行为意图相关的不太严重和更远的危害，但这些适度的研究结果不存在不作为的遗憾。预期后悔通常比其他预期负面情绪和风险评估更能预测意图和行为。预期的不作为后悔与健康行为的联系比以前认为的更强，更稳定。该领域应该更加关注理解预期后悔与类似结构的区别，它在健康行为理论中的作用，以及它在健康行为干预中的潜在用途。
Risk beliefs are central to most theories of health behavior, yet many unanswered questions remain about an increasingly studied risk construct, anticipated regret. We sought to better understand anticipated regret’s role in motivating health behaviors. We systematically searched electronic databases for studies of anticipated regret and behavioral intentions or health behavior. We used random effects meta-analysis to synthesize effect sizes from 81 studies (n=45,618). Anticipated regret was associated with both intentions (r+= .50, p<.001) and health behavior (r+= .29, p<.001). Greater anticipated regret from engaging in a behavior (i.e., action regret) predicted weaker intentions and behavior, while greater anticipated regret from not engaging in a behavior (i.e., inaction regret) predicted stronger intentions and behavior. Anticipated action regret had smaller associations with behavioral intentions related to less severe and more distal hazards, but these moderation findings were not present for inaction regret. Anticipated regret generally was a stronger predictor of intentions and behavior than other anticipated negative emotions and risk appraisals. Anticipated inaction regret has a stronger and more stable association with health behavior than previously thought. The field should give greater attention to understanding how anticipated regret differs from similar constructs, its role in health behavior theory, and its potential use in health behavior interventions.