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Health Behavior Change in Older Adults: Testing the Health Action Process Approach at the Inter- and Intraindividual Level.

Appl Psychol Health Well Being

November 2017

University of Zurich, Switzerland University Research Priority Program "Dynamics of Healthy Aging", University of Zurich, Switzerland Center of Competence Multimorbidity University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the effectiveness of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) in promoting health behavior change among older adults, focusing on both individual and group levels.
  • The research included two longitudinal studies on physical activity and medication adherence, assessing various HAPA components over time.
  • While HAPA was mostly effective at the group level, individual-level findings showed only action control as a reliable predictor for behavior change.
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