Basics Of Behavior Change Flashcards
Health Belief Model
States that peoples ideas and underlying emotions about illness prevention, and treatment may influence health behaviors and decisions about changing or not changing.
Perceived Susceptibility
Refers to ones perceptions of how likely they are to develop an illness.
Perceived Seriousness
Refers to ones perceptions of the short-term and long-term severity of the illness.
Self-Determination Theory
Posits that different types of motivation (intrinsic versus extrinsic) influence the extent to which a person will seek out new activities and persevere at a given task.
Autonomous Motivation
People feel as if they are behaving of their own free will and doing something because they want to. To be autonomously motivated to the fullest extent is intrinsic motivation.
Controlled Motivation
Feeling pressured by demands of external forces.
Self Determination Theory: Competence
Relates to the self perception that a person can successfully perform a task.
Self Determination Theory: Autonomy
The individual must feel his or her behavior is self determined and not controlled or coerced.
Self Determination Theory: Relatedness
Social environments that promote relatedness or belongingness and connectedness with others are contexts where intrinsic motivation will flourish.
Task-Involving Climates
Promote a focus on individual effort and improvement where everyone is made to feel valued, welcomed, and cooperation is fostered among everyone in the setting.
Ego-Involving Climates
Highlight the most skilled or fit participants among the group. Rivalry is usually encouraged to the point where members may feel embarrassed if they do not know how to do something correctly.
Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM)
One of the main models of behavior change. Is made up of the stages of change, the processes of change, self-efficacy, and the decisional balance.
TTM: Stages of Change
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.
TTM Stages of Change: Precontemplation
People are physically inactive and not intending to begin an exercise program.
TTM Stages of Change: Contemplation
People are still inactive but thinking of becoming more active in the near future (within the next 6 months.)
TTM Stages of Change: Preparation
Stage is marked by some engagement in activity as individuals mentally and physically prepare to adopt an activity program.
TTM Stages of Change: Action
Stage is comprised of people who are engaging in regular physical activity but have been doing so for less than 6 months.
TTM Stages of Change: Maintenance
Stage is marked by regular physical-activity participation for longer than 6 months.
Cognitive Processes
Result in new ways of thinking and reinforce a clients motivation to change.
Behavioral Processes
Involve action-oriented learning where clients experience the behaviors and adopt those that work for them.