The primary objective of study was to compare affective (i.e., highlighted emotional benefits), instrumental (i.e., highlighted other health benefits), and self-regulation (i.e., demonstrated ways to plan, set goals, etc.) interventions in terms of their ability to motivate less sitting in the workplace. Research of this type is important because people sit for long periods of time at work which adversely affects their health and productivity. It was hypothesized that the affective and self-regulation groups would sit less than the instrumental and control groups based on evidence indicating that affective attitude (i.e., emotional evaluation of the behavior) and self-regulation techniques tend to predict behavior.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
116
Received nutritional information in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Received information about affective benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Received information about instrumental benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Learned how to self-regulate behavior to sit less in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Behavioural Medicine Laboratory
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sitting time
Average hours of sitting time per day at work
Time frame: Twelve weeks post-baseline
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