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Distal influences on health behavior

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culture
environment
age
gender
SES
ethincity
personality
(some distal factors operate on behavior indirectly by influencing proximal factors)

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proximal influences on health behavior

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specific beliefs and attitudes towards health risks and behaviors

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how does age influence the puclic health secotr

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predominantly attention goes towards the behaviors acquired at young age

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name the dimensions of the Eysenck 3-factor model and explain what it describes

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explains personality

extroversion-introversion
neuroticism-emotional stability
psychoticism-self control

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McCrae and COstas 5 factor model
what are these factors also referred to as?

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neuroticism
extroversion
openness to experience
agreeableness
conscientiousness

the big five

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high extroversion, openness to experience and neuroticism increase ________

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risk-taking behavior

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highly neurotic individuals sometimes display neophobia. what is that

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a persistent and chronic fear of anything new

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personality aspects that influence health behavior

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locus of control
–> if outside, one’s own responsibility for the own health is seen as less important
self-efficacy
perceived control of behavior

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self-determination theory
name core concepts and idea

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relatedness, autonomy, and competence are basic needs that influence how much behavior is self-motivated

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difference between injunctive and descriptive norms

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injunctive - how others want you to behave
descriptive - how we expect others behave

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social cognition theory

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model of social knwoledge and hbehavior that highlights the effect of cogntive factors on behavior

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health behavior serves coping functions

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problem solving
avoidance
time out
prevention

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what are SMART goals

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specific
measurable
attainable
realistic
timely

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according to existential theory what does the individual need to attain mental health/ happiness

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meaning in their life

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define attitude

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common-sense representation that people hold towards objects, people, events

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what are attitudes made of

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cognitive, behavioral and emotional components

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ambivalence

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person’s motivation to change is undermined by conflicting attitudes

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what makes measuring attitudes so diffciult

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social desirability bias

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measurment of implicit attitudes

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less subject to bias but also harder to change

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measurment of implicit attitudes

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less subject to bias but also harder to change

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unrealistic optimisim

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thinking negative outcomes only affect others

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factors associated with unrealistic optimism

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lack of personal experience
belief that actions can change the problem
belief that problem is unlikely to emerge in the future if it hasn’t appeared already
belief that problem is rare

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socio-cognitive theory

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by Bandura
behavior is determined by 3 types of expectancies
- situation-outcome expectancies
-outcome expectancies
-self-efficacy beliefs
also considers barriers and facilitators to behavior change such as social support and environmental factors

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health belief model

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lieklihood that individual engages in health behavior depends on demographic factors

4 beliefs that may arise following a particular external or internal cue to action
- perception of threat
- behavioral evaluation
- cues to action
- health motivation

perceived benefits from behavior outweigh any barriers to that behavior
preventative behavior follows from perception of susceptibility

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limitation of the Health belief model
better at prediciting initiation of health-preventative behavior than stopping risk-behavior no interrelationships between the factors model tested better against intention than actual behavior limited account of social influences fails to consider self efficacy insufficient attention to mood static model that suggests that beliefs occur simulatenously
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theory of planned behavior
behavior is determined by the individual's perception about the social context and their outcome expectations individuals act in goal directed manner outcomes are weighed
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how is behavior determined according to theory of reasoned planning
intention is formed that is influenced by attitude, perceptions towards social norm, pressures regarding the behavior
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name an example how a negative attitude can be overcome in theory of planned behavior
if the individual has a negative attitude towards behavior change like towards dieting but there is a perceived social norm (subjective norm) to diet in their friend circle and they have enough motivation to comply, their negative attitude might be overcome and behavior changed.
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what is the third factor besides subjective social norm and attitude in ToPP
perceived behavioral control - influenced by past successes or losses -
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illness representation
beliefs about particulalr illness and state of health
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what are the 5 domains of leventhal and what concept can they be assigned to
identity, timeline, cause, consequences, control/cure illness representation
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primary reason for smoking behavior according to theory of PP
low perceived behavioral control
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how was the theory of PP extended
habits anticipatory regret past behavior moral norms self-identity social support planning
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implementation intentions
individuals need to shift from planning to exercisieng their plans creates a mental link between situation and exercising the plan
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_______ goals lead to higher chance of goal attainment than ________
proximal; distal
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what is a stage model and what concept is it used for, to explain, in health psychology
stage theory requirements (weinstein) - ordering of stages - classification system to define stages - similar barriers to change facing people in same stages - different barriers to change facing people in different stages
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transtheoretical model
describes the process of eliciting and maintaining intentional behavior change (assumptions: people move through stages; processes in each stage are different)
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name the stages of motivational readiness
pre-contemplation contemplation preparation action maintenance termination relapse
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states of change model - name some of its properties
spiral model (moving not in right order through stages but changes different)
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limitations of the TTM
some changes in behavior resulted from change to action rather than precede it past behavior is a powerful key validity of 5 independent stages is low not sufficiently covers the social part
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we can explain deliberate actions to change health risks with the precaution adaptation process model - how many stages does it have?
7 stages
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explain three of the stages of the PAPM
stage1 - no knowledge of health threat stage2 - awareness but not convinced of personal threat stage3 - engagement starts (consideration stage) stage4 - perceived threat + susceptibility are high but some decide not to act stage5 - some decide to act (motivation changes to volition) stage6 -action stage, health behavior has been initiated stage7 - not always necessary, behavior maintenance
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limitation of PAPM
lack of longitudinal testing
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health action process approach (HAPA)
both static and staged components there is at least a motivational and volitional phase
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how does the HAPA fill the intention-behavior gap?
highlights the importance fo post-motivational self-efficacy and action plannign
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divide the HAPA in motivation and volition phase
motivation phase: intention is formed self-efficacy and outcome expectancies are important threat severity and personal susceptibility only distal factors volition phase: conscious decision that involves planning is made to turn intention into action initiative self-efficacy (different than motivational phase) is needed to tackle spontaneously arising circumstances maintaining of action - coping S.-E. is needed
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limitations of the HAPA
insufficient modeling of behavior of young people insufficient attention given to non-conscious processes

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