Understanding Mechanisms of Health Behavior

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Clinical Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This research seeks to examine psychological factors that may impact relationship between incentives and health behavior engagement, specifically fruit and vegetable consumption. Additionally, it will compare the impact of two different incentive schedules on behavior engagement, one providing immediate rewards (i.e. rewards received on a daily basis) and another providing delayed rewards (i.e. rewards received at the end of the study period), with a control condition in which no rewards are offered. Study participants will provide reports of their fruit and vegetable consumption each day for three weeks, and in the two incentive conditions, they will receive small monetary rewards for their fruit and vegetable consumption. Following the three week reporting and reward period, participants will complete two additional assessments, measuring psychological constructs and behavior engagement following the cessation of rewards.

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
• Incentive Interventions

• NCT number: NCT02594319
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Colorado, Boulder
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2015
• Completion date: June 2015