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The effect of implementation intentions on use of dental chewing gum.

George, MK; Bogosian, A; Tapper, K (2019) The effect of implementation intentions on use of dental chewing gum. Health Psychol Open, 6 (1). p. 2055102919857176. ISSN 2055-1029 https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102919857176
SGUL Authors: George, Mary Keethika

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Abstract

This study examined the effect of implementation intentions on use of dental chewing gum. A total of 80 participants reported intentions to chew gum, read information about the benefits of dental gum, reported intentions again, and formed implementation intentions relating to gum use (experimental group) or solved word puzzles (control group). Seven days later, they reported the amount chewed. Results showed that among those motivated to chew gum, implementation intentions significantly increased the total amount chewed. Time 1 intentions were more highly correlated with behaviour than time 2 intentions. Further research is needed to establish the effectiveness of implementation intentions in dental settings.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © The Author(s) 2019 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords: behaviour change, dental gum, implementation intentions, oral health, temporal stability
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: Health Psychol Open
ISSN: 2055-1029
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2019Published
24 June 2019Published Online
26 April 2019Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0
PubMed ID: 31258926
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/111021
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102919857176

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