ATS1262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Belief, Albert Bandura, Influence Of Mass Media
21 Aug 2018
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Health promotion by social cognitive means: factors that predict health behavior, mechanisms through which the factors work, optimal way to translate this knowledge into effective health practices. Self-regulatory factors: not all the factors involved in the model of reciprocal determinism influence each other with equal strength. In social cognitive theory, bandura argued that self regulatory processes, occupy a central role in determining individuals" behavior: environmental factors are thought to exert their influence via self-regulatory processes. Self management: learn to monitor their health, short term goals, report changes, enlisting enabling social support. High self efficacy: people with high self efficacy and positive expectations for behaviour change, their ability to change and succeed is high and they only require a low level of guidance and support. Internet as a tool but not magic fix - not useful unless user musters motivation and take advantage of programs.
