Commitment Lotteries Promote Physical Activity Among Overweight Adults—A Cluster Randomized Trial | Zendy

Koen van der Swaluw | Zendy; Mattijs Lambooij | Zendy; Jolanda Mathijssen | Zendy; Maarten Schipper | Zendy; Marcel Zeelenberg | Zendy; Stef Berkhout | Zendy; Johan Polder | Zendy; Henriëtte Prast | Zendy

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Commitment Lotteries Promote Physical Activity Among Overweight Adults—A Cluster Randomized Trial

Author(s) -

Koen van der Swaluw,

Mattijs Lambooij,

Jolanda Mathijssen,

Maarten Schipper,

Marcel Zeelenberg,

Stef Berkhout,

Johan Polder,

Henriëtte Prast

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

annals of behavioral medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1532-4796

pISSN - 0883-6612

DOI - 10.1093/abm/kax017

Subject(s) - lottery , regret , overweight , attendance , randomized controlled trial , psychology , leverage (statistics) , counterfactual thinking , cluster randomised controlled trial , medicine , gerontology , social psychology , economics , obesity , computer science , surgery , machine learning , microeconomics , economic growth

The World Health Organization has identified physical inactivity as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. People often intend to engage in physical activity on a regular basis, but have trouble doing so. To realize their health goals, people can voluntarily accept deadlines with consequences that restrict undesired future behaviors (i.e., commitment devices).

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