G543- Healthy Living

Question 0

Becker- what was the aim?

Answer 0

To use the HBM to explain mothers adherence to a drug regime for their asthmatic children.

Question 1

What are the six components of the health belief model?

Answer 1

Perceived threat
Perceived seriousness
Perceived susceptibility
Internal/ external cues
Cost benefit analysis
Demographic variables

Question 2

Becker- What was the sample?

Answer 2

111 mothers aged 17-54 with children aged from 9months-17 years old.

Question 3

Becker- What was the method used?

Answer 3

Correlation- between beliefs reported during interviews and compliance with self-reported administration of asthma medication.
Clinical tests- Covert blood tests for 70% of pps.
Self-report- Interviews.

Question 4

Becker- What questions were asked in the interview?

Answer 4

1- Their child’s susceptibility to illness and asthma.
2- Their beliefs of how serious asthma is.
3- How much it interfered with school, mothers activities and embarrassment caused.
Also their attitude towards effectiveness of the doctor and medication.

Question 5

Becker- Results!

Answer 5

1- Positive correlation between mothers beliefs and compliance. (Use study In answer)
2- Correlation with seriousness of asthma and compliance.
3- A finding that conflicted with the HBM is that mothers who were compliant reported less faith in their medical practitioners.

Question 6

Becker- Conclusions

Answer 6

The HMB is useful to predict and explain different levels of compliance with medical regimes.

Question 7

Rotter- Aim?

Answer 7

To investigate the LOC theory.

Question 8

Rotter- What is the method and the sample?

Answer 8

• Review article

- 6 pieces of research.

Question 9

Rotter- Results?

Answer 9

.pps who felt they had control of the situation were more likely to show behaviours of being able to cope with potential threats, compared to ones that thought it was due to chance or non-controllable forces.

Question 10

Rotter- Conclusion

Answer 10

LOC affects many of our behaviours, not just healthy ones.

Research from James et al showed men who gave up smoking and didn’t relapse had higher internal.

Question 11

What is the aim of Bandura?

Answer 11

To assess the self-efficacy of patients engaging in systematic desensitisation for snake phobias

Question 12

What is the method used in Bandura?

Answer 12

Quasi- experiment

Question 13

How many participants were there in Bandura?

Answer 13

10 snake phobic patients who replied to an advertisement.

9F 1M aged 19-57

Question 14

What were the first two parts to Bandura’s procedure?

Answer 14

He measured their level of fear and their perception if how well they coped.

Then they were given a relaxation exercise.

Question 15

What was the second part of Bandura’s procedure?

Answer 15

Desensitisation: under controlled conditions, pps first looked at pictures of snakes.
Once arousal levels had fallen they were out in the same room as them.
Eventually they could handle the snakes.
Finally their fear and coping arousal was measured again.

Question 16

What are 2 conclusions in Bandura’s study?

Answer 16

1. Desensitisation works, the study supports self-efficacy as activities led to a change in perception.
2. Also desensitisation comes from associating the snakes with nothing happening (classical conditioning)