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Exploring the impact of future orientation on preference for illness-prevention vs. illness-detection health behaviors

Capps, Karigan P
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-9125
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658509838279977

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2022, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Prior time perspective research suggests being future-oriented has beneficial health implications. That research has focused primarily on prevention health behaviors and less so on detection health behaviors. Two studies in the context of dental hygiene examined the relationship between time perspective and health outcomes. Messages concerning plaque-preventing and plaque-detecting mouth rinses were designed and individuals were either randomly assigned to (Study 1) or viewed both (Study 2) messages. Time perspective was assessed via temporal orientation (Study 1) and consideration of future consequences (Study 2). Attitudes, intentions, and preferences for the mouth rinses were primary outcomes. Hypothesis 1 predicted time perspective would positively relate to outcomes and both studies provided some support for this hypothesis. Hypothesis 2 explored the interaction between time perspective and behavioral function (prevention vs. detection). A consistent interaction was found in Study 1 showing future-orientation was associated with more positive outcomes with the detective mouth rinse and present-orientation was associated with more positive outcomes with the preventive mouth rinse. Study 2 data did not support this interaction but did find information avoidance mediated the relationship between time perspective and preference between the mouth rinses; future-orientation led to less information avoidance, which in turn led to greater preference for the prevention mouth rinse and immediate-orientation led to greater information avoidance, which in turn led to greater preference for the detection mouth rinse. Inconsistent findings in the present work may be due to measurement differences of time perspective, differences in study designs, or the use of young adult samples. Even so, this work provides initial evidence that time perspective and behavioral function may create an interactive effect on health outcomes, and that information avoidance may explain this relationship.
John Updegraff (Advisor)
Judith Gere (Committee Member)
Jennifer Taber (Committee Member)
74 p.
Health; Psychology; Social Psychology
future orientation; time perspective; consideration of future consequences; temporal orientation; health behavior; health messaging; message framing

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  • Capps, K. P. (2022). Exploring the impact of future orientation on preference for illness-prevention vs. illness-detection health behaviors [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658509838279977

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Capps, Karigan. Exploring the impact of future orientation on preference for illness-prevention vs. illness-detection health behaviors. 2022. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658509838279977.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Capps, Karigan. "Exploring the impact of future orientation on preference for illness-prevention vs. illness-detection health behaviors." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658509838279977

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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