Health Behavior Change Theories Flashcards
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Which model suggests that behavior change occurs through a series of experiential and behavioral processes across five stages?
Answer: Transtheoretical Model
The Transtheoretical Model (TTM), or Stages of Change Model, describes behavior change as a progression through five stages using both experiential and behavioral processes.
The concept of 'reciprocal determinism' in Social Cognitive Theory means that:
Answer: Behavior, personal factors, and environment mutually influence each other
Reciprocal determinism is Bandura's concept that behavior, personal cognitive factors, and environmental influences all interact and influence one another bidirectionally.
A CHES uses 'motivational interviewing' to help a client move from contemplation to preparation. This approach is grounded in which principle?
Answer: Meeting clients where they are in the change process
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered counseling style that meets individuals at their current stage of change and helps them resolve ambivalence.
Which level of the Social Ecological Model focuses on the relationship between an individual and their immediate social environment?
Answer: Interpersonal
The interpersonal level of the Social Ecological Model addresses social networks, family, peers, and social support that influence individual health behaviors.
Perceived severity and perceived susceptibility are constructs of which health behavior theory?
Answer: Health Belief Model
Perceived severity and perceived susceptibility are core constructs of the Health Belief Model, representing beliefs about the seriousness of and personal vulnerability to a condition.
A health educator developing a church-based wellness program is working at which level of the Social Ecological Model?
Answer: Community
Faith-based and community organizations operate at the community level of the Social Ecological Model, which addresses social norms and collective actions in a defined geographic or social setting.