Beschrijving
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.
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 behavior
- unintentional behavior
- maintaining self-control
- frustrations in goal striving
- maintaining health behavior change
Self-regulation in Health Behavior offers a valuable new perspective on health behavior. It is essential reading for MSc students in health psychology, as well as researchers, practising health psychologists and clinical health psychologists.
Contributors
Hugo J.E.M. Alberts, The Netherlands
Sander Bot, The Netherlands
Denise T.D. de Ridder, The Netherlands
Nanne K. de Vries, The Netherlands
John B.F. de Wit, The Netherlands
Jennifer L. Dykstra, USA
Rutger Engels, The Netherlands
Winifred Gebhardt, The Netherlands
Meg Gerrard, USA
Frederick X. Gibbons, USA
Peter M. Gollwitzer, USA
Amy E. Houlihan, USA
Roeline G. Kuijer, The Netherlands
Carolien Martijn, The Netherlands
Elizabeth A. Pomery, USA
Rachel A. Reimer, USA
Klaus Rothermund, Germany
Paschal Sheeran, UK
Michelle L. Stock, USA
Thomas L. Webb, UK
With a foreword from Charles Carver
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.
