Objective: The physical activity loyalty (PAL) scheme was a cluster randomized controlled
trial of a 6-month complex intervention targeting workplace physical activity. Financial …

Objective: To examine putative mediators of a 12-month motivationally tailored physical
activity (PA) promotion intervention. Design: We randomly assigned 239 healthy …

Background: Financial incentives and feedback on behavior offer promise for promoting
physical activity. However, evidence for the effect of each of these techniques is inadequate …

Objective: Using a multivariate extension of the Baron and Kenny (1986) mediation
framework, we examined the simultaneous effect of variables hypothesized to mediate the …

Participants often vary in their response to behavioral interventions, but methods to identify
groups of participants that are more likely to respond are lacking. In this secondary analysis …

The use of material incentives in healthy lifestyle interventions is becoming widespread.
However, self-determination theory (SDT) posits that when material incentives are perceived …

The majority of US adults perform insufficient amounts of physical activity to prevent disease
and maintain fitness. National recommendations prescribe fixed physical activity goals (eg …

This study examined predictors of exercise maintenance following completion of a physical
activity intervention. Sedentary adults recruited through newspaper advertisements were …

Objective: To review existing evidence on the potential of incentives to undermine or “crowd
out” intrinsic motivation, in order to establish whether and when it predicts financial …

An understanding of physical activity through mediators of behaviour change is important to
evaluate the efficacy of interventions. The purpose of this review is to update prior reviews …