Self-Regulation in Health Behaviour
This important volume offers a comprehensive overview of new approaches to health-related behavior from a self-regulation perspective. It outlines assumptions on which self-regulation theories are based, discusses recent research and draws out the implications for practice with a particular focus on changing health behavior. Reflecting the notion that health-promoting behavior is goal-directed, chapters consider key factors such as: social influences, the nature of health goals, health risk...
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This text offers a comprehensive overview of new approaches to health-related behaviour from a self-regulation perspective. The authors outline the assumptions on which self-regulation theories are based, discuss recent research and draw out the implications for practice with a particular focus on changing health behaviour. The book is arranged in two sections – Goal Setting and Goal Activation in Health Behaviour and Goal Striving and Goal Persistence. The epilogue compares self-regulation theories with the prevailing social-cognitive models.
Ch. 1Self-regulation in health behavior : concepts, theories, and central issues1Ch. 2Contextualizing health behaviors : the role of personal goals27Ch. 3Unintentional behavior : a subrational approach to health risk45Ch. 4Social influences on adolescent substance use : insights into how parents and peers affect adolescent's smoking and drinking behavior71Ch. 5Temperament, self-regulation, and the prototype/willingness model of adolescent health risk behavior97Ch. 6Implementation intentions : strategic automatization of goal striving121Ch. 7Managing immediate needs in the pursuit of health goals : the role of coping in self-regulation147Ch. 8Maintaining self-control : the role of expectancies169Ch. 9Maintenance of health behavior change : additional challenges for self-regulation theory, research, and practice193Ch. 10Hanging on and letting to in the pursuit of health goals : psychological mechanisms to cope with a regulatory dilemma217
