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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Psychol. 2021 May 18;27(9):2027–2040. doi: 10.1177/13591053211014593

Table 3.

Frequencies of subcategories.

Category Subcategory % of 4108 participants* % of 4842 responses

Internal Intrapsychic 12.6 10.9
Avoid bad 14.4 12.4
Approach good 14.9 13.4
External Manipulate 46.7 45.0
Capitalize 7.3 7.1
Other Just do it 3.4 2.9
Passive 0.9 0.7
Nothing worked 0.9 0.7
Non-strategy codes Motivation not an issue 2.5 2.1
Described condition 2.3 1.9
Unclear 3.2 2.7
*

Percentages of participants total to more than 100% because a participant could be counted twice if they had more than one category of response.