Health beliefs Flashcards
What are the 3 reasons patients decide to consult a GP / healthcare professional?
Perception of symptoms
Explanation of symptoms
Evaluation of symptoms
What are the 3 categories of health behaviours?
Good health behaviours
Health protective behaviours
Health impairing habits
What are the 4 determinants of health behaviour?
Background factors
Stable factors
Social factors
Situational factors
What are stable factors?
Individual differences / personality
What are the 3 broad types of individual differences?
Emotional dispositions - psychological processes involved in both the experience and expression
Generalised expectancies - psychological processes involved in formulating expectations in relation to future outcomes
Explanatory styles - psychological processes involved in explaining the causes of negative events
In regards to emotional dispositions, what are the 5 personality traits?
Openness to new experiences
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism (OCEAN)
In regards to generalised expectancies, what are the 2 key concepts?
Locus of control
Self-efficacy
In regards to explanatory styles, what are the 2 key concepts?
Optimism / pessimism
Attributional style
The health belief model states that an individual may engage in a health behaviour based on which 2 things?
Perceived threat
Perceived efficacy
Which 2 models describe how psychological processes may influence physical health?
Dual pathway model
Biopsychosocial model
What is meany by self-efficacy?
Belief in one’s own ability to organise and execute a course of action, and the expectation that the action will result in, or lead to, a desired outcome
