Targeting self-control as a behavior change mechanism to increase physical activity: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Despite the highly publicized beneficial effects of physical activity, 51.1% of middle-aged US adults do not achieve the recommended minimum of aerobic physical activity needed to maintain health. A sedentary lifestyle can be attributed in part to a lack of self-control and there is some evidence that self-control strategies can be improved with targeted interventions. The overall aim of this study is to test self-control as a behavior change mechanism for physical activity and to investigate whether a smartphone-based self-control intervention can increase physical activity among sedentary middle-aged adults. This protocol describes the design of a randomized controlled trial with two experimental conditions: The self-control treatment group and the control group. Both groups track their

SUBMITTER: Stieger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887092 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature