PSYC121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model, Theory Of Planned Behavior
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Lecture 7 - health, stress and coping 2. Health psychology - concerned with understanding the psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when they do get ill. Self-efficacy - a perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)elief i(cid:374) their a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to su(cid:272)(cid:272)essfull(cid:455) u(cid:374)dertake a parti(cid:272)ular a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) or behaviour. Theory of reasoned action + self-efficacy = theory of planned behaviour. + self-efficacy: transtheoretical model - the 5 stages of change, precontemplation: not considering changing behaviours (i prefer to eat junk food and. Health compromising behaviours: obesity, cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse. Obesity refers to an excessive accumulation of body fat. It is regarded as a global epidemic by the. Obesity is usually measured via body mass index (bmi). The bmi formula is weight in kgs divided by height in meters squared. A bmi of over 30 is considered obese and can increase the risk of mortality by 30%.
