Neighborhood Vigilance, Health Locus of Control, and Smoking Abstinence

Reitzel, Lorraine R.; Lahoti, Sejal; Li, Yisheng; Cao, Yumei; Wetter, David W.; Waters, Andrew J.; Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin

doi:10.5993/ajhb.37.3.6

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“…Our results may help to shed light on the associations between Health Locus of Control and 599 health behaviour (Reitzel et al, 2013;Wardle & Steptoe, 2003). When people feel that they 600 have low control in general (external control beliefs), they are likely to believe that they have 601 little control over their mortality risk.…”

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Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

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Prior evidence from the public health literature suggests that both control beliefs and perceived threats to life are important for health behaviour. Our previously presented theoretical model generated the more specific hypothesis that uncontrollable, but not controllable, personal mortality risk should alter the payoff from investment in health protection behaviours. We carried out three experiments to test whether altering the perceived controllability of mortality risk would affect a health-related decision. Experiment 1 demonstrated that a mortality prime could be used to alter a health-related decision: the choice between a healthier food reward (fruit) and an unhealthy alternative (chocolate). Experiment 2 demonstrated that it is the controllability of the mortality risk being primed that generates the effect, rather than mortality risk per se. Experiment 3 showed that the effect could be seen in a surreptitious experiment that was not explicitly health related. Our results suggest that perceptions about the controllability of mortality risk may be an important factor in people’s health-related decisions. Thus, techniques for adjusting perceptions about mortality risk could be important tools for use in health interventions. More importantly, tackling those sources of mortality that people perceive to be uncontrollable could have a dual purpose: Making neighbourhoods and workplaces safer would have the primary benefit of reducing uncontrollable mortality risk, which could lead to a secondary benefit from improved health behaviours.

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Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

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“…Prior findings suggest that Health Locus of Control is important both for health outcomes (e.g. Burker, Evon, Galanko, & Egan, 2005;Poortinga, Dunstan, & Fone, 2008) and for health behaviours (Reitzel et al, 2013;Wardle & Steptoe, 2003). That is, people who feel in control of their lives and health outcomes (have an internal Locus of Control) exhibit healthier behaviours.…”

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Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

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2014

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Prior evidence from the public health literature suggests that both control beliefs and perceived threats to life are important for health behaviour. Our previously presented theoretical model generated the more specific hypothesis that uncontrollable, but not controllable, personal mortality risk should alter the payoff from investment in health protection behaviours. We carried out three experiments to test whether altering the perceived controllability of mortality risk would affect a health-related decision. Experiment 1 demonstrated that a mortality prime could be used to alter a health-related decision: the choice between a healthier food reward (fruit) and an unhealthy alternative (chocolate). Experiment 2 demonstrated that it is the controllability of the mortality risk being primed that generates the effect, rather than mortality risk per se. Experiment 3 showed that the effect could be seen in a surreptitious experiment that was not explicitly health related. Our results suggest that perceptions about the controllability of mortality risk may be an important factor in people’s health-related decisions. Thus, techniques for adjusting perceptions about mortality risk could be important tools for use in health interventions. More importantly, tackling those sources of mortality that people perceive to be uncontrollable could have a dual purpose. Making neighbourhoods and workplaces safer would have the primary benefit of reducing uncontrollable mortality risk, which could lead to a secondary benefit from improved health behaviours.

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Peer Review #1 of "Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision (v0.1)"

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Prior evidence from the public health literature suggests that both control beliefs and perceived threats to life are important for health behaviour. Our previously presented theoretical model generated the more specific hypothesis that uncontrollable, but not controllable, personal mortality risk should alter the payoff from investment in health protection behaviours. We carried out three experiments to test whether altering the perceived controllability of mortality risk would affect a health-related decision. Experiment 1 demonstrated that a mortality prime could be used to alter a health-related decision: the choice between a healthier food reward (fruit) and an unhealthy alternative (chocolate).Experiment 2 demonstrated that it is the controllability of the mortality risk being primed that generates the effect, rather than mortality risk per se. Experiment 3 showed that the effect could be seen in a surreptitious experiment that was not explicitly health related. Our results suggest that perceptions about the controllability of mortality risk may be an important factor in people's health-related decisions. Thus, techniques for adjusting perceptions about mortality risk could be important tools for use in health interventions. More importantly, tackling those sources of mortality that people perceive to be uncontrollable could have a dual purpose: Making neighbourhoods and workplaces safer would have the primary benefit of reducing uncontrollable mortality risk, which could lead to a secondary benefit from improved health behaviours.PeerJ reviewing PDF |

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Neighborhood Vigilance, Health Locus of Control, and Smoking Abstinence

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision

Peer Review #1 of "Out of control mortality matters: the effect of perceived uncontrollable mortality risk on a health-related decision (v0.1)"

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