Predicting health behaviors with economic preferences and perceived control

We present new evidence on the relationship between health behaviors and experimental measures of risk and time preferences and introduce evidence that perceived control — a measure incorporated from the health psychology literature — is a stronger and more consistent predictor of health behaviors than economic preferences.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Conell-Price, Lynn ; Jamison, Julian
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Subject:	Health \| Human behavior

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Extent:	text/html application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 12-16
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10011027179