Health Related Behaviours, Beliefs and Attitudes

Question 1

Health behaviours can either be enhancing or compromising (a less complex version of risky/protective/illness).

Explain each of these with examples.

Answer 1

Enhancing = promoting health = exercise

Compromising = the opposite = smoking

Question 2

What things can influence health behaviour?

Answer 2

Social factors

Symptoms

Reinforcement value

Emotions

Cognitive factors (beliefs and attitudes)

Question 3

What are the X2 main cognitive theories that explain promotion or prevention of behaviour?

Answer 3

1) the health belief model

2) the theory of planned behaviour

Question 4

In the health belief model, what box do the first 2 boxes accumulate to form?

Answer 4

Perceived threat = perceived susceptibility and perceived severity

Question 5

In the health belief model, what box do the second 2 boxes accumulate to form?

Answer 5

A cost benefit assessment = perceived costs/barriers and perceived benefits

Question 6

What is a good acronym for remembering the health believe model categories?

Answer 6

SSBB

Susceptibility
Severity
Benefits
Barriers

Question 7

What does the theory or planned behaviour include to build on the health belief model?

Answer 7

Self-efficacy

Question 8

What are the X3 factors that link to behavioural intention in the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 8

1) attitudes towards behaviour
2) subjective norm
3) perceived behavioural control

Question 9

What is the intentional behavioural gap with regards to the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 9

The gap between behavioural intention and actual behavioural change

Question 10

What is important to bridge the intention-behaviour gap?

Answer 10

An action plan

Question 11

What is the name of the process by which we scare people into behavioural change?

Does this work?

Answer 11

Fear arousal

Not all the time, people may just turn off tv ads etc