Chapter 4 Behavioral Coaching Flashcards
Determinants of behavior
Refers to the psychological, social, or environmental factors that influence behavior.
Behavior change techniques (BCTs)
Client interventions that are used to change some determinant of behavior.
Affective judgment
Referring to expected pleasure or enjoyment.
The Stages of Change model (also known as the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change)
views change as a process that involves progression through a series of stages; These stages are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
Precontemplation
Client does not exercise and is not planning to start exercising within 6 months.
Contemplation stage
: the individual does not currently exercise but is planning to start within 6 months. (Similar to precontemplation, education is one of the best strategies to use with people in contemplation, because they sometimes just need more information to boost their perceived value of an exercise program. )
Preparation stage:
the individual is planning to begin exercising soon and has taken steps toward it and may even be sporadically exercising (The preparation stage is all about establishing a plan that clients feel confident they can follow. Building intrinsic motivation for exercise is also important)
Action stage:
the individual has been exercising for less than 6 months ( In this stage, it is important to not allow short-term slip-ups to turn into a departure from the exercise program)
Maintenance stage:
the individual has been exercising consistently for 6 months or more (Glanz et al., 2008; Spencer et al., 2006)
Decisional balance
Reflects the clients’ weighing of the pros and cons of changing.
Reflective listening
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.
Open-ended questions
Nondirective questions that can’t be answered with a simple yes or no; they require critical thinking to formulate a response.
SUMMARIZING
Summaries are a series of reflections. If fitness professionals have successfully reflected with their clients, then summaries should be simple.
3 types of summaries
There are three types of summaries: collecting summaries, linking summaries, and transitional summaries
Collecting summaries
Short sentences that continue the client’s thoughts and add momentum to the conversation.
Linking summaries
Summaries that tie together information the client has presented, perhaps even from previous sessions.
Transitional summaries
Summaries used to wrap up a session or announce a shift in focus.
Affirmations
Positive statements about character strengths.
Motivational interviewing
Client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. (Motivational interviewing recognizes that everyone has different levels of readiness for changing a behavior, so it is important to gain an understanding of why individuals would want to change and also the things that might cause them to feel ambivalent about that change)
Self-discrepancy
An internal conflict that occurs when an individual compares their actual self with their ideal self.
Sustain talk
Talk that represents and predicts movement away from change.
Change talk
Talk that reflects movement of the person toward behavior change.
Process goals
refer to the daily and weekly tasks that need to be done to reach that final outcome. Once an outcome goal has been set, process goals should be created that speak to how they are going to achieve that outcome.
Outcome goals
Goals focused on the end result.
Implementation intentions
A behavior change technique that links a goal-directed response to situational cues by specifying when, where, and how to act.
Cognitive fusion
When people believe the exact content of their own thoughts.
