Behavioral Coaching Flashcards
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A client consistently cancels exercise sessions citing work stress. Which behavioral coaching strategy best addresses this pattern?
Answer: Explore barriers and collaborate on problem-solving strategies
Collaborative barrier identification and problem-solving is a core motivational interviewing technique that addresses underlying obstacles to adherence.
Which stage of the Transtheoretical Model describes a client who has been exercising regularly for 8 months?
Answer: Maintenance
Maintenance begins when a client has sustained the target behavior for more than 6 months.
During a coaching session, an exercise physiologist asks, 'On a scale of 1-10, how important is it to you to become more active?' This is an example of:
Answer: Importance and confidence rulers
Importance and confidence rulers are motivational interviewing tools that quantify a client's readiness and self-efficacy on a numeric scale.
Self-efficacy theory predicts that a client's belief in their ability to exercise will most directly affect:
Answer: Their likelihood of initiating and persisting with exercise
Bandura's self-efficacy theory holds that perceived capability is the primary cognitive determinant of behavior initiation and persistence.
A client says, 'I know I should exercise, but I just can't find the time.' Which MI-consistent response is most appropriate?
Answer: 'Many people feel that way—let's explore what gets in the way.'
Reflective listening and empathic exploration without advice-giving maintains rapport and elicits the client's own solutions, consistent with MI spirit.
Which behavior change technique involves having a client write down specific exercise plans including when, where, and how they will exercise?
Answer: Action planning
Action planning (implementation intentions) creates specific if-then scenarios that bridge intention and behavior.
A client in the Contemplation stage should primarily receive coaching focused on:
Answer: Resolving ambivalence and increasing pros of change
Contemplators are ambivalent about change, so coaching should tip the decisional balance by increasing perceived benefits of exercise.