Social cognitive theory and PA promotion

Question 1

How can we increase PA?

Answer 1

Change environment; health awareness campaigns; behaviour change theories

Question 2

What is social cognitive theory?

Answer 2

Interaction between a person’s environment, behaviour, and cognitions; people strive towards a goal; reflect on their own experience and those of othersq

Question 3

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 3

Perception of one’s ability to perform a specific task successfully

Question 4

What is self-efficacy influenced by?

Answer 4

Performance accomplishments: experience in sticking to a routine, enabling development of realistic goals and providing feeddback; vicarious experiences; verbal persuasion; emotional and physiological states, especially during behaviour

Question 5

How is self-efficacy and behaviour related?

Answer 5

Have a reciprocal nature

Question 6

What is the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 6

Attitude + subjective norms + perceived behavioural control –> intention. Intention + perceived behavioural control –> behaviour

Question 7

What types of attitudes are important for the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 7

Beliefs regarding behaviour; evaluation of outcomes

Question 8

What are the subjective norms?

Answer 8

Beliefs that important others have, and motivation to comply with these

Question 9

What is perceived behavioural control?

Answer 9

Control variables; power over control factors

Question 10

What factor has the strongest effect for the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 10

Perceived behavioural control, as have to override desire to stop. Self-efficacy comes into play to determine will.

Question 11

What factor has the weakest effect for the theory of planned behaviour?

Answer 11

Subjective norms, as just because it is important to others, isn’t necessarily important to person