TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ungar, Nadine
AU  - Rupprecht, Fiona S
AU  - Steindorf, Karen
AU  - Wiskemann, Joachim
AU  - Sieverding, Monika
TI  - Worse or even better than expected? Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients.
JO  - Journal of health psychology
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
SN  - 1461-7277
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif. [u.a.]
PB  - Sage Publ.
M1  - DKFZ-2019-01046
SP  - 659-671
PY  - 2021
N1  - 2021 Apr;26(5):659-671
AB  - 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.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30854903
DO  - DOI:10.1177/1359105319832345
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/143458
ER  -