Lessons Learned in Digital Health Promotion: The Promise and Challenge of Contextual Behavioral Science Methodology in Valuing Intervention Research.

Jessica M Criddle, Wesley Malvini, Hayley Jasper, Michael J Bordieri

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jessica M CriddleDepartment of Psychology, Murray State University, 401C Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0332-513X

Wesley MalviniDepartment of Psychology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70503, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6071-2515

Hayley JasperDepartment of Education and Psychology, University of Texas at Tyler, BEP 223, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799, USA.

Michael J BordieriDepartment of Psychology, Murray State University, 401C Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8085-9258

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Abstract

Using individualized approaches leads to longer-term pro-health behavior change. Both technological delivery methods and values-centered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are useful frameworks for personalized interventions. This investigation sought to explore the effects that valuing had on health using an internet-delivered audio and writing group-level intervention. Specifically, we replicated the use of domain-specific outcomes and idiographic motivational statements sent via text message while additionally employing individualized intervention delivery components, objectives, and statistical methods. While this intervention did not generate significant improvement in health behaviors relative to a control in a sample of 107 college student participants, it has implications for future digital health intervention design and implementation as well as the further development of theoretically consistent valuing research methods.

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PMID40867454

DOI10.3390/bs15081095

PMCPMC12383816

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