---
_id: '13636'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Successful treatment not only depends on adhering to taking medication and
    attending therapy but also on behavioral changes. In two experiments (total N = 256),
    we investigated the hypothesis that the perceived social role of a treatment as
    partner (co-producer of a health-benefits) or servant (sole provider of health
    benefits) could promote or prevent intentions to engage in health-related behaviors.
    Specifically, we used headache treatment as an everyday example and found that
    participants were more inclined to engage in headache-reducing behaviors when
    painkillers were described as partners as compared to servants. Implications of
    these findings for the importance of anthropomorphic social perception in the
    clinical application are discussed. '
author:
- first_name: Jana S.
  full_name: Aengenheister, Jana S.
  last_name: Aengenheister
- first_name: Renée
  full_name: Urban, Renée
  last_name: Urban
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
citation:
  ama: Aengenheister JS, Urban R, Halbeisen G. Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
    Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. <i>Zeitschrift für Psychologie</i>.
    2021;229(3):171-177. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>
  apa: Aengenheister, J. S., Urban, R., &#38; Halbeisen, G. (2021). Cures That (Make
    You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.
    <i>Zeitschrift Für Psychologie</i>, <i>229</i>(3), 171–177. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>
  bjps: <b>Aengenheister JS, Urban R and Halbeisen G</b> (2021) Cures That (Make You)
    Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.
    <i>Zeitschrift für Psychologie</i> <b>229</b>, 171–177.
  chicago: 'Aengenheister, Jana S., Renée Urban, and Georg Halbeisen. “Cures That
    (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral
    Intentions.” <i>Zeitschrift Für Psychologie</i> 229, no. 3 (2021): 171–77. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Aengenheister, Jana S., Renée Urban und Georg Halbeisen. 2021. Cures
    That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral
    Intentions. <i>Zeitschrift für Psychologie</i> 229, Nr. 3: 171–177. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Aengenheister, Jana S.</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Urban, Renée</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen,
    Georg</span>: Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects
    Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. In: <i>Zeitschrift für Psychologie</i> Bd.
    229. Göttingen, Hogrefe  (2021), Nr. 3, S. 171–177'
  havard: J.S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, G. Halbeisen, Cures That (Make You) Work How
    a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions, Zeitschrift
    Für Psychologie. 229 (2021) 171–177.
  ieee: 'J. S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, and G. Halbeisen, “Cures That (Make You) Work
    How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions,” <i>Zeitschrift
    für Psychologie</i>, vol. 229, no. 3, pp. 171–177, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>.'
  mla: Aengenheister, Jana S., et al. “Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
    Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions.” <i>Zeitschrift Für
    Psychologie</i>, vol. 229, no. 3, 2021, pp. 171–77, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449">https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000449</a>.
  short: J.S. Aengenheister, R. Urban, G. Halbeisen, Zeitschrift Für Psychologie 229
    (2021) 171–177.
  ufg: '<b>Aengenheister, Jana S./Urban, Renée/Halbeisen, Georg</b>: Cures That (Make
    You) Work How a Treatment’s Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions,
    in: <i>Zeitschrift für Psychologie</i> 229 (2021), H. 3,  S. 171–177.'
  van: Aengenheister JS, Urban R, Halbeisen G. Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment’s
    Social Role Affects Health-Related Behavioral Intentions. Zeitschrift für Psychologie.
    2021;229(3):171–7.
date_created: 2026-03-27T10:12:59Z
date_updated: 2026-03-27T14:29:19Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000449
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000708159600005'
intvolume: '       229'
isi: '1'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- social cognition
- health behavior
- anthropomorphism
- headache
language:
- iso: eng
page: 171-177
place: Göttingen
publication: Zeitschrift für Psychologie
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2151-2604
  issn:
  - 2190-8370
publication_status: published
publisher: 'Hogrefe '
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Cures That (Make You) Work How a Treatment's Social Role Affects Health-Related
  Behavioral Intentions
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 229
year: '2021'
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