Identifying the Most Autonomy-Supportive Message Frame in Digital Health Communication: A 2x2 Between-Subjects Experiment.

Eline Suzanne Smit Chamoetal Zeidler Kenneth Resnicow Hein de Vries

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2019)

Results suggest that provision of choice rather than the use of autonomy-supportive language can be an easy-to-implement strategy to increase the effectiveness of digital forms of health communication, especially for people with a high need for autonomy.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
mental health
randomized controlled trial
health information
systematic review
autism spectrum disorder
health promotion
decision making