dc.contributor.author
Keller, Jan
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Kwasnicka, Dominika
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Wilhelm, Lea O.
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Lorbeer, Noemi
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Pauly, Theresa
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Domke, Antonia
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Knoll, Nina
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Fleig, Lena
dc.date.accessioned
2022-10-06T07:17:17Z
dc.date.available
2022-10-06T07:17:17Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/33429
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-33150
dc.description.abstract
Background
Effective hand washing (for at least 20 s, with water and soap) is one of the health behaviors protecting against infection transmissions. Behavior change interventions supporting the initiation and maintenance of hand washing are crucial to prevent infection transmissions. Based on the Health Action Process Approach, the aim of this research was to conduct a pre-post analysis of hand washing and related cognitions (i.e., intention, self-efficacy, self-monitoring), measured up to 100 days following an intervention.
Methods
A convenience sample of N = 123 participants (age: M = 23.96 years; SD = 5.82; 80% women) received a brief intervention (key behavior change techniques: information about health consequences of hand washing; action planning) and responded to daily diaries and questionnaires up to a 100-day follow-up. Two-level models were used to analyze data of n = 89 participants who provided longitudinal data.
Results
Hand washing and self-monitoring increased, whereas intention and self-efficacy decreased over time. Only self-monitoring was a consistent positive correlate of hand washing on a between-person level.
Conclusions
Hand washing and self-monitoring considerably increased over several weeks following the intervention. Future research testing the intervention against a control condition is needed to rule out that changes in behavior and cognitions might have been prompted by completing the daily diaries.
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12 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Hand washing
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Self-efficacy
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Self-monitoring
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dc.subject
Behavior change intervention
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dc.subject.ddc
100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie
dc.title
Hand Washing and Related Cognitions Following a Brief Behavior Change Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Pre-Post Analysis
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s12529-021-10042-w
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
5
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
575
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
586
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
29
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-10042-w
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Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
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Arbeitsbereich Gesundheitspsychologie
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Springer Nature DEAL
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Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
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no
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metadata only access
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1532-7558
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