Conflicted Goal Engagement: Undermining Physical Activity and Health in Late Life | Zendy

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Conflicted Goal Engagement: Undermining Physical Activity and Health in Late Life

Author(s) -

Jeremy M. Hamm,

Judith G. Chipperfield,

Raymond P. Perry,

Jutta Heckhausen,

Corey S. Mackenzie

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu048

Subject(s) - psychology , physical activity , developmental psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine

Pursuing health goals in very old age is a challenging task that may be undermined by conflicted goal engagement involving mismatched primary (behavior-focused) and secondary (motivation-focused) control striving. Our study explored whether one potentially detrimental combination of control strategies (low primary control/high secondary control) compromised 3-year indicators of everyday physical activity and blood oxygen saturation.

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