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Enduring Exercise Habits: Trending Norms

NCT03627871 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2000

Last updated 2020-06-11

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Summary

Learning that most people engage in an activity can be a powerful motivator to adoption. But are there instances in which people can similarly find motivation from learning that only a minority of others engage in a behavior? Evidence suggests this may be possible when the message is that the size of the minority has been growing in recent years. In this study, we first examine how gym members' exercise patterns shift when they are informed that the minority versus the majority of (a subpopulation of) other Americans exercise frequently. We also test how gym members are affected by learning that the number of frequent exercisers has increased in recent years.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Majority Norm

Participants receive information about exercise norms that apply to the majority of the population but are given no information about trends in this norm.

BEHAVIORAL

Trending Minority Norm

Participants receive information about exercise norms that apply to the minority of the population and have recently been trending up.

BEHAVIORAL

Minority Norm

Participants receive information about exercise norms that apply to the minority of the population but are given no information about trends in this norm.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Participants receive information about exercise that is unrelated to social norms or trends in social norms.

BEHAVIORAL

Trending Majority Norm

Participants receive information about exercise norms that apply to the majority of the population and have recently been trending up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-31
Primary Completion
2019-02-28
Completion
2019-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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