German-Language Version of the Compensatory Health Belief Scale

Radtke, Theda; Scholz, Urte; Keller, Roger; Perren, Sonja; Hornung, Rainer

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“…In the present study, CHBs were measured with a general item in order to capture overall compensation. For a consistent and homogeneous measurement of CHBs, further improvements to assess CHBs are necessary as the original scale shows unsatisfying internal consistency (Radtke, Scholz, Keller, Perren, & Hornung, 2013). Based on the present findings, future studies may compare a general CHB item with more specifically formulated items of compensatory beliefs, for example compensating for an unhealthy behavior with a healthy behavior at a later time point.…”

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The role of Compensatory Health Beliefs in eating behavior change: A mixed method study

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Compensatory Health Beliefs (CHBs), defined as beliefs that an unhealthy behavior can be compensated for by engaging in another healthy behavior, are assumed to hinder health behavior change. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of CHBs for two distinct eating behaviors (increased fruit and vegetable consumption and eating fewer unhealthy snacks) with a mixed method approach. Participants (N = 232, mean age = 27.3 years, 76.3% women) were randomly assigned to a fruit and vegetable or an unhealthy snack condition. For the quantitative approach, path models were fitted to analyze the role of CHBs within a social-cognitive theory of health behavior change, the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA). With a content analysis, the qualitative approach investigated the occurrence of CHBs in smartphone chat groups when pursuing an eating goal. Both analyses were conducted for each eating behavior separately. Path models showed that CHBs added predictive value for intention, but not behavior over and above HAPA variables only in the unhealthy snack condition. CHBs were significantly negatively associated with intention and action planning. Content analysis revealed that people generated only a few CHB messages. However, CHBs were more likely to be present and were also more diverse in the unhealthy snack condition compared to the fruit and vegetable condition. Based on a mixed method approach, this study suggests that CHBs play a more important role for eating unhealthy snacks than for fruit and vegetable consumption.

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Are diet-specific compensatory health beliefs predictive of dieting intentions and behaviour?

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1Compensatory health beliefs (CHBs) -beliefs that an unhealthy behaviour can be 2 compensated for by healthy behaviour -are hypothesised to be activated automatically 3 to help people resolve conflicts between their desires (e.g. eat chocolate) and their long-4 term goals (e.g. dieting). The aim of the present research was to investigate diet-5 specific CHBs within the context of a theoretical framework, the Health Action Process 6 Approach (HAPA), to examine the extent to which diet-specific CHBs contribute to 7 dieting intentions and dietary intake. Seventy five dieting women were recruited in 8Switzerland and England and were asked to complete measures of diet-specific CHBs, 9 risk perception, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, intention, and behaviour. Path 10 modelling showed that, overall, diet-specific CHBs were not related to dieting 11 intentions (ß = .10) or behaviour (ß = .06) over and above variables specified in the 12 HAPA. However, risk perception moderated the relationship between diet-specific 13CHBs and intention (ß = .26). Diet-specific CHBs positively predicted intention in 14 women with high risk perception, but not in women with low risk perception. This 15 positive relationship might be explained by the assumption that CHBs play different 16 roles at different stages of the health-behaviour change process. Future studies should 17 further examine moderators and stage-specific differences of the associations between 18CHBs, intention and health-behaviour change. 19 20

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A longitudinal study examining the influence of diet-related compensatory behavior on healthy weight management

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German-Language Version of the Compensatory Health Belief Scale

Cited by 4 publications

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The role of Compensatory Health Beliefs in eating behavior change: A mixed method study

The role of Compensatory Health Beliefs in eating behavior change: A mixed method study

Are diet-specific compensatory health beliefs predictive of dieting intentions and behaviour?

A longitudinal study examining the influence of diet-related compensatory behavior on healthy weight management

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