• Principal Investigator: Robert W. Jeffery, Ph.D.
• Institution: University of Minnesota
• Grant Number: 1 R01 NS38441-01
• Program Official: Dr. John R. Marler

This grant tests the hypothesis that interventions that raise people's expectations about the benefits of behavior change increase short-term success, whereas those that raise people's satisfaction with their current behavior increase behavioral maintenance. One study tests the effects of intervention strategies that influence outcome expectations, and a second study tests interventions that differ in how people are taught to evaluate their progress. It is expected that both smokers and overweight people will be more satisfied with their success if they compare it to where they were prior to their intervention efforts than if they compare it to their expectations. Greater satisfaction with progress will result in greater success in long-term behavior change.

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