KINS 4400 Final: Reading for Final
30 Oct 2014
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12 interventions to change pa behavior : w/out intervention, there"s a 50% chance that someone will stop an exercise program within 6 months, theoretical foundation of intervention is behaviorism , assumptions about how changes in behavior occur are based on the relationships b/w antecedents, consequences and the target behavior, procedural model derived from behaviorism , involve strategies like stimulus control (modifying antecedents) and reinforcement control (modifying consequences, goal defined in terms of changing the rate of response. Increase or maintain the frequency of exercise: characteristics of exercise as a target behavior , goal is to adopt and maintain a positive health behavior, exercise is biologically based behavior, preceded by chains of psychological, behavioral and social events that require multiple decisions and actions, different combos of factors mediate adoption, early adherence, long term maintenance, and resumption of exercise after relapse, quality and quantity of exercise vary as a function of purpose.
