Health Belief Model Flashcards
Define a stressor
A stressor is anything that can produce a stress response and this can either be physiological or psychological.
Define psychological stress
Is an emotional and physiological reaction shown by individuals when they are in a situation that they don’t have the resources to cope with.
Define environmental fit
The degree to which an individual and the environment match.
Who proposed that stress is transactional?
Lazarus and Launier (1978) proposed that stress is transactional between people and their environment.
What does it mean when someone has a strong environmental fit or a weak one?
If someone has a strong environmental fit they will cope with the situation but if a someone has weak environmental fit they will not cope and this will result in stress.
Who suggested the health belief model? Name the year as well
Rosenstock (1966)
Define the Health Belief Model
HBM is a psychological theory that tries to explain why people do or do not engage in healthy behaviour
What does the Health Model Belief predict?
It predicts the likelihood of behaviour change.
Name the six key factors of the HBM.
- Perceived seriousness
- Perceived susceptibility
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Cues of action
- self-efficacy
- Demographics variables
Define perceived seriousness
how serious are the consequences
Define perceived susceptibility
How likely am I to get the disease
Define cost-benefit analysis?
E.g perceived benefits and perceived barriers.
The belief benefits of a health-related action are balanced against the obstacles that stop the person from taking that action.
Give an example of a demographic variable
Older people may not partake in binge drinking due to perceived awareness of seriousness.
What are cues to actions and give examples
This are the cues that trigger a person and remind them that they need to do something so that they are healthy. Cues of actions can be internal and external, for example internal cues can be feeling breathless and external cues can be a health promotion leaflet from a health professional.
Define self-efficacy
The person’s expectation that they are capable of making a behavioral change.
