Mindsets applied to fitness: Growth beliefs predict exercise efficacy, value and frequency

Orvidas, Kasey; Burnette, Jeni L.; Russell, Vincent

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.02.006

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“…Recent work extended the mindset approach to understand health behaviors including exercise intentions (Orvidas et al, 2018), dieting goal persistence (e.g., Burnette, 2010), addiction treatment intentions (Burnette et al, 2019), coping strategies for psychological distress (Park et al, 2017), and smoking cessation (Kauffman et al, 2017). For example, inducing a growth mindset about weight served as a buffer against weightgain following severe dieting setbacks (Burnette and Finkel, 2012) and predicted healthier food choices (Ehrlinger et al, 2017).…”

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Public Health Messages and Weight-Related Beliefs: Implications for Well-Being and Stigma

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Across two studies, we examined the double-edged sword hypothesis, which outlines effects of weight-related beliefs and public health messages on physical and mental health. The double-edged sword hypothesis proposes that growth mindsets and messages (weight is changeable) predict reduced well-being and stigma via an increase in blame, but also predict greater well-being via an increase in efficacy and less stigma via a reduction in essentialist thinking. We tested this model in a correlational study (N = 311) and in an experimental study, randomly assigning participants (N = 392) to different weight-based public health messages. In Study 1, growth mindsets predicted greater onset blame and more offset efficacy. Blame did not predict any of the outcomes. However, offset efficacy predicted reduced risk for eating disorders, fewer unhealthy weight control behaviors, and less psychological distress. And, growth mindsets had a negative indirect effect on outcomes. In Study 2, we experimentally demonstrated that a changeable message about the nature of weight, designed to also reduce blame, indirectly decreased eating disorder risk, unhealthy weight control behaviors, body shame, and prejudice through increased offset efficacy and decreased social essentialism. This work contributes to our theoretical understanding of the psychological consequences of weight beliefs and messages on well-being and stigma.

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“…Mindsets, although extensively applied within educational contexts (e.g., Blackwell, Trzesniewski, & Dweck, ; Degol, Wang, Zhang, & Allerton, ; Paunesku et al, ) are also relevant in health domains including weight (e.g., Burnette, ), fitness (e.g., Orvidas, Burnette, & Russell, ), tobacco use and cessation (e.g., Kaufman, Thai, & Coa, 2018), and health behaviors (Bunda & Busseri, ). For example, individuals with growth, relative to fixed mindsets of weight, reported healthier eating and exercise behaviors (Parent & Alquist, ) and consumed fewer calories from unhealthy foods (Ehrlinger, Burnette, Park, Harrold, & Orvidas, ).…”

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“…Additionally, dieters who participated in a growth mindset of weight intervention, who faced severe setbacks, reported less weight gain at the end of the 12‐week study, compared to those in an attention‐matched and a no treatment control condition (Burnette & Finkel, ). Furthermore, in a fitness context, individuals with a growth, relative to a fixed mindset of fitness, reported higher past exercise frequency and future exercise intentions (Orvidas et al, ). Also, within the context of changing unhealthy smoking habits, individuals with a growth, relative to a fixed mindset of smoking, reported being former smokers rather than current smokers (Kaufman et al, 2018).…”

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“…For instance, in a study on the role of mindsets in overcoming dieting‐related setbacks, individuals’ expectations regarding dieting success mediated the relationship between weight mindsets and regulatory efforts (Burnette, ). Similarly, findings from research on the role of mindsets of fitness on exercise behaviors indicated that the extent to which the individual values fitness as a part of their identity influenced both their past exercise habits and future exercise intentions (Orvidas et al, ). In the current research, we merge the mindsets perspective with achievement motivation theory and suggest that mindsets relate to eating intentions, at least in part, because they inform individuals’ expectancy‐value beliefs.…”

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“…Similarly, the extent to which individuals perceived themselves as having the ability to be active and eat healthy influenced their engagement in exercise and healthy eating (Sabiston & Crocker, ). Finally, in a study on implicit theories of fitness, participants’ self‐efficacy and self‐value regarding fitness predicted past exercise habits and future exercise intentions (Orvidas et al, ).…”

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Across two studies, we examined the relation between mindsets of health, expectancy‐value, and eating intentions. We also explored if relations are stronger for African Americans compared to White Americans. In Study 1, we conducted a correlational study (N = 158) to examine initial relations among constructs. In Study 2, we employed an experimental design (N = 205), and randomly assigned participants to either a growth mindset or a fixed mindset of health condition. In both studies, we measured participants’ mindsets of health, expectancy‐value beliefs, healthy eating intentions, past eating habits, and demographics. In Study 1, stronger growth mindsets of health predicted healthier eating intentions. Expectancy‐value beliefs, namely, the extent to which individuals value healthy eating habits and expect to be able to manage their eating, mediated this relation. In Study 2, we successfully manipulated mindsets of health and individuals in the growth mindset condition reported healthier eating intentions, compared to those in the fixed mindset condition. Expectancy‐value beliefs again mediated this link. Race only moderated the relation in Study 1, such that effects of growth mindsets on outcomes (i.e., eating intentions and expectancy‐value beliefs) are stronger for African Americans compared to White Americans. Study 1 provided initial evidence of a relationship between stronger growth mindsets of health and healthier beliefs and intentions. Study 2 offered experimental evidence. We discuss theoretical and practical implications.

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Mindsets applied to fitness: Growth beliefs predict exercise efficacy, value and frequency

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