title: Worse or even better than expected? Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients
creator: Ungar, Nadine
creator: Rupprecht, Fiona S.
creator: Steindorf, Karen
creator: Wiskemann, Joachim
creator: Sieverding, Monika
subject: 150
subject: 150 Psychology
description: Expectancies of cancer patients regarding their physical activity before they took part in a behavior change intervention were compared with their experiences during the intervention period. A total of 66 cancer patients completed either a randomly assigned 4-week physical activity or a stress-management counseling intervention. On average, participants had positive expectancies toward physical activity. Outcome expectancies predicted outcomes (e.g. physical activity) at a 10-week follow-up. Outcome realization (discrepancy between expectancies and experiences) further increased explained variance in self-efficacy and physical activity enjoyment. In conclusion, not only initial outcome expectancies but also their realizations seem to be important for subsequent behavior and cognitions.
publisher: Sage
date: 2021
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29725/1/1359105319832345.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00029725
identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319832345
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-297255
identifier:   Ungar, Nadine ; Rupprecht, Fiona S. ; Steindorf, Karen ; Wiskemann, Joachim ; Sieverding, Monika  (2021) Worse or even better than expected? Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients.  Journal of Health Psychology, 26 (5).  pp. 659-671.  ISSN 1359-1053 (Druck-Ausg.); 1461-7277 (Online-Ausg.)     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29725/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng