Chapter 4: Behavioral Coaching Flashcards
Bodily movement that results in energy expenditure and encompasses many modes and intensities. Movement that is not structured exercise such as recreational pursuits (IE: golfing, gardening, and walking a dog.)
Physical Activity
The level of commitment to a behavior or plan of action
Adherence
Acting in accordance with how one wants to behave
Autonomy
When people engage in an activity or behavior because they feel a sense of satisfaction
Intrinsic Motivation
A communal space, separate from home or work, where the client experiences their own sense of identity and relationship to others
Third Space
Client interventions that are used to change some determinant of behavior
Behavior Change Techniques (BCT’s)
One’s belief that they can complete a task, goal, or performance; also known as self-confidence
Self-efficacy
Describes a person’s state of mixed feelings about a situation
Ambivalence
Observing, measuring, and evaluating one’s own behavior, often in the form of a diary or log
Self-monitoring
Refers to the psychological, social, or environmental factors that influence behavior
Determinants of behavior
A construct that captures motivational factors that influence behavior. It indicates how hard people are willing to try and how much effort they are planning to exert
Intention
A broad theoretical framework for the study of human motivation
Self-determination theory
When motives for exercise relate to valuing the outcome, when exercise is consistent with the client’s identity or when the client enjoys exercise
Autonomous Motivation
A concrete representation of when and where exercise with occur
Planning
The degree to which a person has a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of the behavior of interest
Attitudes
The expected positive and negative consequences of a behavior
Outcome Expecations
The state of mental or emotional tension from demanding circumstances
Stress
An evaluation of whether one has the means, resources, and opportunities to perform a behavior
Perceived Behavioral Control
Referring to expected please or enjoyment
Affective Judgement
Belief that an important person or group of people will approve and support a behavior
Subjective Norms
Client does not exercise and is not planning to start exercising within 6 months
Precontemplation
When a person is thinking about implementing change but has not yet taken any steps to get started; an individual may take action within the next six months
Contemplation
The client intends to act in the near future, usually within the next month
Preparation
The client has made specific modifications in their exercise routine within the past six months
Action
The client has been exercising for more than 6 months and is working to prevent relapse
Maintenance
Reflects the clients weighing of the pros and cons of changing
Decisional Balance
The ability to identify with another person’s feelings, attitudes, or thoughts
Empathy
A relationship in which two people understand each other’s ideas, have respect for one another, and communicate well
Rapport
The process of seeking to understand the meaning of the speaker’s words and restating the idea back to the speaker to confirm that they were understood correctly
Reflective Listening
Listening style that involves having genuine interest in what the speaker is saying; requires the listener to fully concentrate to understand the speaker’s message
Active Listening
Directive questions that can be answered with one word, typically a yes or no
Closed-ended questions
Nondirective questions that can’t be answered with a simple yes or no; they require critical thinking to formulate a response
Open-ended questions
Short sentences that continue the client’s thoughts and add momentum to the conversation
Collecting Summaries
Summaries that tie together information the client has presented, perhaps even from precious sessions
Linking Summaries
Summaries used to wrap up a session or announce a shift in focus
Transitional Summaries
Positive statements about character strengths
Affirmations
Client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
Motivational Interviewing
An internal conflict that occurs when an individual compares their actual self with their ideal self
Self-discrepancy
Talk to represents and predicts movement away from change
Sustain talk
Talk that reflects movement of the person toward behavior change
Change talk
Goals focused on the end result
Outcome goals
Tasks that are pursued to reach a final outcome
Process goals
A behavior change technique that links a goal-directed response to situational cues by specifying when, where, and how to act
Implementation intentions
A behavior change technique that involves anticipating barriers to goal action and proactively preparing strategies that prioritize intentional behavior over counterproductive habitual responses
Coping plans
Internal dialogue in which the individual interprets feelings and perceptions, regulates and changes evaluations and convictions, and gives him/herself instructions and reinforcement
Self-talk
Replacing negative statements with positive statements
Reverse Listing
The act of saying “stop” out loud to undesired statements
Stopping
When people believe the exact content of their own thoughts
Cognitive fusion
The process created to produce internalized experiences
Imagery
When a person imagines appearance or health-related outcomes
Appearance imagery
When a person creates mental images that increase energy and/or relieve stress
Energy imagery
When individuals mentally rehearse their technique
Technique imagery
The process to get oneself into a state of psychological readiness for performance
Psyching up
