Guilt and Help from Friends: Variables Related to Healthy Behavior
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 133 (5), 683-692
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1993.9713923
Abstract
American college students' self-reported status regarding 13 health-related behaviors, and several potential predictors of healthy behavior were assessed. Healthy behaviors were, at best, weakly related to being informed about or agreeing with a rule that the unhealthy alternatives were dangerous. Healthy behaviors were more strongly related to reports that guilty feelings would result from choosing the unhealthy alternatives and that friends would help with the healthy behaviors. Higher levels of reported self-control also predicted healthier behavior.Keywords
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