Reading Week 5 - Theories of Physical Activity Behaviour Change Flashcards
What did the introduction of theoretical framework in the late 80s and early 90s provide to the field?
- Structure and context for understanding physical activity
What are the four theoretical framework highlighted in the reading?
- Social Cognitive Approach
- Humanistic / Organismic Approach
- Socioecological Approach
- Dual Process Approach
What is the focus of the social cognitive approach?
- Dominates the understanding of physical activity behaviour
- Emphasizes expectancies and values in predicting behaviour but faces challenges in intervention effectiveness
Why is the social cognitive approach still popular?
- alignment with health-focused rationales
- ease of application
- pragmatic factors like mentorship/research efficiency
Explain the humanistic/organismic framework
- Emphasizes inherent human needs and self-determination
Why is the humanistic / self-determination theory popular?
- empirical support
- ease of teaching
- ability to guide interventions
What are the critisicms of Self-determination theory?
- Need to expand beyond three basic psychological needs
- Limitation in conceptualization and measurement
What are some criticisms of the social cognitive framework?
- Limitations in conceptualization and measurement
Explain the dual process framework
- Categorize individual-level behavioural determinants into reflective and non-conscious influences
What do reflective processes involve?
- deliberate, effortful, and intentional effect
Describe non-conscious processes
- Spontaneous
- Hard to control
What do reflective processes include?
Social-Cognitive Variables
- Intentions
- values
What do non-conscious processes involve?
- Habits
- Automative Evaluation
- Motivations
What does the integration with hedonic motivation premises offer?
- Insight into how feelings during physical activity impact future behaviour
What is non-conscious regulation of physical activity grounded in?
- Associative learning and Connectionist models of memory
what is memory conceptualized as?
- A network of associated concepts activated by cues
How does memory influence behaviour?
- Through approach and avoidance tendencies
How do dual-process physical- activity studies work?
- Simultaneously test non-conscious and reflective processes in predicting behaviour
Where does the evidence from the study on dual-process models point?
- Positive association between physical activity and habits, automatic evaluations, and other non-conscious factors
What happens with the positive associations when controlled for reflective motivations?
- Remain Significant
What should dual process frameworks be considered as?
- Heuristics for understanding influences on physical activity rather than rigid theories
What does the socioecological framework suggest behaviour results from?
- Direct, indirect, and interactive influences from multiple levels
What levels might influence behaviours based on socioecological framework?
- Individual
- Social
- Environmental
- Policy Factors
What does the socioecological framework emphasize?
- role of environmental settings in shaping physical activity behaviour
