Recent Research Publications on the
Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)

(Update  02.05.2012)

Department of Health Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. www.fu-berlin.de/healthpsy

For more information see http://www.hapa-model.de

Craciun, C., Schüz, N., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2012). A mediator model of sunscreen use: A longitudinal analysis of social-cognitive predictors and mediators. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19, 65-72. doi: 10.1007/s12529-011-9153-x

Chiu, Chung-Yi; Lynch, Ruth T.;Chan, Fong; Berven, Norman L. (2011). The Health Action Process Approach as a motivational model for physical activity self-management for people with multiple sclerosis: A path analysis.  Rehabilitation Psychology, Vol 56(3), 171-181. doi: 10.1037/a0024583

 Gutiérrez-Doña, B., Lippke, S., Renner, B., Kwon, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2009). How self-efficacy and planning predict dietary behaviors in Costa Rican and South Korean women: A moderated mediation analysis. Applied Psychology: Health & Well-Being, 1(1), 91–104.

Koring, M., Richert, J., Lippke, S., Parschau, L., Reuter, T., & Schwarzer, R. (2012). Synergistic effects of planning and self-efficacy on physical activity. Health Education & Behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1090198111417621

Koring, M., Richert, J., Parschau, L., Ernsting, A., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2012). A combined planning and self-efficacy intervention to promote physical activity: Effectiveness and working mechanisms? Psychology, Health & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13548506.2011.608809

Kreausukon, P., Gellert, P., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2012). Planning and self-efficacy can increase fruit and vegetable consumption: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9373-1.

Lippke, S., & Ziegelmann, J. P. (2008). Theory-based health behavior change: Developing, testing and applying theories for evidence-based interventions. Applied Psychology: International Review, 57, 698-716.

Lippke, S., Wiedemann, A. U., Ziegelmann, J. P., Reuter, T., & Schwarzer, R. (2009). Self-efficacy moderates the mediation of intentions into behavior via plans. American Journal of Health Behavior, 33(5), 521-529.

Luszczynska, A., Mazurkiewicz, M., Ziegelman J. P., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Recovery self-efficacy and intention as predictors of running or jogging behavior: A cross-lagged panel analysis over a two-year period. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 247-260.

Luszczynska, A., Tryburcy, M., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Improving fruit and vegetable consumption: A self-efficacy intervention compared to a combined self-efficacy and planning intervention. Health Education Research, 22, 630-638.

Parschau, L., Richert, J., Koring, M., Ernsting, A., Lippke, S. & Schwarzer, R. (2012). Changes in social-cognitive variables are associated with stage transitions in physical activity. Health Education Research, 27, 129-140. doi: 10.1093/her/cyr085

Payaprom, Y., Bennett, P., Alabaster, E., & Tantipong, H. (2011). Using the Health Action Process Approach and Implementation Intention to increase flu vaccination uptake in high risk Thai individuals: A controlled before-after trial. Health Psychology, 1-10. doi: 10.1037/a0023580.

Renner, B., Spivak, Y., Kwon, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Does age make a difference? Predicting physical activity of South Koreans. Psychology and Aging, 22, 482-493.

Reuter, T., Ziegelmann, J. P., Wiedemann, A. U., & Lippke, S. (2008). Dietary planning as a mediator of the intention-behavior relation: An experimental-causal-chain design. Applied Psychology: An International Review. Special Issue: Health and Well-Being, 57, 194-297.

Scholz, U., Nagy, G., Schüz, B., & Ziegelmann, J. P. (2008). The role of motivational and volitional factors for self-regulated running training: Associations on the between- and within-person level. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47(3), 421-439.

Scholz, U., Schüz, B., Ziegelmann, J. P., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2008). Beyond behavioural intentions: Planning mediates between intentions and physical activity. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 479-494.

Scholz, U., Sniehotta, F. F., Schüz, B., & Oeberst, A. (2007). Dynamics in self-regulation: Plan-execution self-efficacy and mastery of action plans. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2706-2725.

Schüz, B., Sniehotta, F. F., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Stage-specific effects of an action control intervention on dental flossing. Health Education Research, 22, 332-341.

Schüz, B., Sniehotta, F. F., Mallach, N., Wiedemann, A., & Schwarzer, R. (2009). Predicting transitions from preintentional, intentional and actional stages of change: Adherence to oral self-care recommendations. Health Education Research. 24 (1), 64-75.

Schwarzer, R. (2008). Modeling health behavior change: How to predict and modify the adoption and maintenance of health behaviors. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57(1), 1-29.

Schwarzer, R. (2008). Models of health behaviour change: Intention as mediator or stage as moderator? Psychology & Health, 23(3), 259-263. DOI: 10.1080/08870440801889476

Schwarzer, R. (2008). Some burning issues in research on health behavior change. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57, 84-93.

Schwarzer, R., & Luszczynska, A. (2007). Self-efficacy. In M. Gerrard & K. D. McCaul (Eds.), Health behavior constructs: Theory, measurement, and research. National Cancer Institute Website. Retrieved June 11, 2008 from http://dccps.cancer.gov/brp/constructs/self-efficacy/index.html

Schwarzer, R., & Luszczynska, A., (2008). How to overcome health-compromising behaviors: The health action process approach. European Psychologist, 2, 141-151. DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.2.141

Schwarzer, R., Lippke, S., & Ziegelmann, J. P. (2008). Health action process approach: A research agenda at the Freie Universität Berlin to examine and promote health behavior change. Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, 16, 157-160. DOI: 10.1026/0943-8149.16.3.157

Schwarzer, R., Luszczynska, A., Ziegelmann, J. P., Scholz, U., & Lippke, S. (2008). Social-cognitive predictors of physical exercise adherence: Three longitudinal studies in rehabilitation. Health Psychology, 27(1, Suppl.), S54-S63.

Schwarzer, R., Schüz, B., Ziegelmann, J. P., Lippke, S., Luszczynska, A., & Scholz, U. (2007). Adoption and maintenance of four health behaviors: Theory-guided longitudinal studies on dental flossing, seat belt use, dietary behavior, and physical activity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 156-166.

Schwarzer, R. (2011). Health behavior change. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Oxford handbook of health psychology (pp. 591-611). New York: Oxford University Press.

Schwarzer, R., Lippke, S., & Luszczynska, A. (2011). Mechanisms of health behavior change in persons with chronic illness or disability: The health action process approach (HAPA). Rehabilitation Psychology, 56, 161-170. doi: 10.1037/a0024509

Sniehotta, F. F., Nagy, G., Scholz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2006). The role of action control in implementing intentions during the first weeks of behaviour change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45(1), 87-106.

Sniehotta, F. F., Scholz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2006). Action plans and coping plans for physical exercise: A longitudinal intervention study in cardiac rehabilitation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 23-37.

Teng, Y. & Mak ,W. W. S. (2011). The Role of Planning and Self-Efficacy in Condom Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Application of the Health Action Process Approach Model. Health Psychology, 2011, 30, 119–128. DOI: 10.1037/a0022023

Wiedemann, A. U., Schüz, B., Sniehotta, F.F., Scholz, U., & Schwarzer, R. (2009). Disentangling the relation between intentions, planning, and behaviour: A moderated mediation analysis. Psychology & Health, 24 (1), 67-79.

Wiedemann, A. U., Lippke, S., Reuter, T., Ziegelmann, J. P., & Schüz, B. (2011). The more the better? The number of plans predicts health behaviour change. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 3, 87-106. DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2010.01042.x

Ziegelmann, J. P., & Lippke, S. (2007). Planning and strategy use in health behavior change: A life span view. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 14, 30-39.

Ziegelmann, J. P., & Lippke, S. (2007). Use of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies in health self-regulation: Interplay with resources and successful development. Journal of Aging and Health, 19, 500-518.

Ziegelmann, J. P., Luszczynska, A., Lippke, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Are goal intentions or implementation intentions better predictors of health behavior? A longitudinal study in orthopedic rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 52, 97-102.