期刊
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
卷 32, 期 9, 页码 950-957出版社
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0032727
关键词
incentives; health behavior; motivation; motivation crowding out; review
资金
- Centre for the Study of Incentives in Health
- Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Programme [086031/Z108/Z]
Objective: To review existing evidence on the potential of incentives to undermine or crowd out intrinsic motivation, in order to establish whether and when it predicts financial incentives to crowd out motivation for health-related behaviors. Method: We conducted a conceptual analysis to compare definitions and operationalizations of the effect, and reviewed existing evidence to identify potential moderators of the effect. Results: In the psychological literature, we find strong evidence for an undermining effect of tangible rewards on intrinsic motivation for simple tasks when motivation manifest in behavior is initially high. In the economic literature, evidence for undermining effects exists for a broader variety of behaviors, in settings that involve a conflict of interest between parties. By contrast, for health related behaviors, baseline levels of incentivized behaviors are usually low, and only a subset involve an interpersonal conflict of interest. Correspondingly, we find no evidence for crowding out of incentivized health behaviors. Conclusion: The existing evidence does not warrant a priori predictions that an undermining effect would be found for health-related behaviors. Health-related behaviors and incentives schemes differ greatly in moderating characteristics, which should be the focus of future research.
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