Developing a scale to assess health regulatory focus.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Regulatory focus (i.e., focus on motivation to achieve gains or avoid losses and non-gains) is used to tailor health behavior change interventions, improving efficacy, but is currently assessed by scales that are not health-specific and may capture a version of the construct that is not ideally matched to the rationale for tailoring.

Objective

We developed and validated a Health Regulatory Focus Scale (HRFS), which assesses tendencies to avoid negative health consequences (prevention focus) or achieve positive health outcomes (promotion focus).

Methods

Across four studies (and a scale development study in supplementary online materials), we established convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity for the HRFS. In studies examining predictive validity, m

SUBMITTER: Ferrer RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211789 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature