ArticleThe Gerontologist2021
Getting to the Heart of the Matter in Later Life: The Central Role of Affect in Health Message Framing.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Bridging the awareness-action gap in pelvic floor prehabilitation: cognitive barriers and facilitators for asymptomatic populations-a perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A technology-based randomized controlled trial of self-affirmation and gain-framed health messaging to reduce sedentary behavior in older adults.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Emotion, Aging, and Decision Making: A State of the Art Mini-Review.Advances in geriatric medicine and research · 2023Article
- Investigating message framing to improve adherence to technology-based cognitive interventions.Psychology and aging · 2021Article
- The psycholinguistic and affective processing of framed health messages among younger and older adults.Journal of experimental psychology. Applied · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesAdopting healthy behaviors is often influenced by message framing; gain-framed messages emphasize the benefits of engaging in a behavior, whereas loss-framed messages highlight the consequences of not engaging in a behavior. Research has begun to uncover the underlying affective pathways involved in message framing. In the current study, we examined the role of affect in message framing to encourage exercise program enrollment among older adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsWe mailed flyers to 126 volunteers assigned to a gain- or loss-framed condition and measured their affective reactions to the flyer and enrollment intentions. After the call, participants had the opportunity to contact us to enroll.
resultsGain versus loss framing led to more positive affect toward the flyer, which predicted intentions and enrollment effort. In indirect effect analyses, frame indirectly influenced intentions and enrollment effort via positive affect. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Although message framing plays an indirect role in influencing behavior, affect plays a central role.
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