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Beyond Individual Cognitions: Time for Intervention Science to Focus on Health Context and Audience

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Intervention science faces a hazardous paradox: on the one hand, vulnerable populations (eg, patients, people from low socioeconomic background, older adults) are those for whom adoption of healthy behaviors is most urgent; on the other hand, behavior change models are less predictive, and interventions less successful, in these populations. This commentary presents 4 reasons that may explain this issue: (1) research mostly focuses on what causes behavior and how to change it, at the expense of investigating among whom and under what conditions models are valid; (2) models put an undue emphasis on individual cognitions; (3) most studies are not conducted on vulnerable populations; and (4) most researchers are from high-income countries. Several avenues are proposed to address this issue: (1) providing a central place to the context and audience in health behavior change modelization, through collaborations with researchers from other disciplines and countries, and with members of the targeted audience; (2) better reporting samples’ sociodemographic characteristics and increasing samples’ diversity; and (3) using more rigorous and innovative designs (eg, powered randomized controlled trials, N-of-1 trials, intensive longitudinal studies). In conclusion, it becomes urgent to change the way we do research: the social utility and credibility of intervention science depend on it.
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hal-04367277 , version 1 (29-12-2023)

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Aïna Chalabaev, Boris Cheval, Silvio Maltagliati, Ilyes Saoudi, Falko Sniehotta. Beyond Individual Cognitions: Time for Intervention Science to Focus on Health Context and Audience. Journal of Physical Activity and Health (JPAH), 2023, 20 (6), pp.465-470. ⟨10.1123/jpah.2023-0072⟩. ⟨hal-04367277⟩

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