| Description |
xvi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Self-regulation perspectives on health behavior : concepts, theories, and central issues / Denise T.D. de Ridder and John B.F. de Wit -- Contextualizing health behaviors : the role of personal goals / Winifred A. Gebhardt -- Unintentional behavior : a subrational approach to health risk / Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Rachel A. Reimer, and Elizabeth A. Pomery -- Social influences on adolescent substance use : insights into how parents and peers affect adolescent's smoking and drinking behavior / Rutger C.M.E. Engels and Sander M. Bot -- Temperament, self-regulation, and the prototype willingness model of adolescent health risk behavior / Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Michelle L. Stock, Amy E. Houlihan, and Jennifer L. Dykstra -- Implementation intentions : strategic automatization of goal striving / Paschal Sheeran, Thomas L. Webb, and Peter M. Gollwitzer -- Managing immediate needs in the pursuit of health goals : the role of coping in self- regulation / Denise T.D. de Ridder and Roeline G. Kuijer -- Maintaining self-control : the role of expectancies / Carolien Martijn, Hugo J.E.M. Alberts, and Nanne K. de Vries -- Maintenance of health behavior change : additional challenges for self-regulation theory, research, and practice / John B.F. de Wit -- Hanging on and letting go in the pursuit of health goals : psychological mechanisms to cope with a regulatory dilemma / Klaus Rothermund |
| Summary |
This text offers a comprehensive overview of new approaches to health-related behaviour from a self-regulation perspective. The authors outline the assumptions on which self-regulation theories are based, discuss recent research and draw out the implications for practice with a particular focus on changing health behaviour. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Behaviorism (Psychology)
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Control (Psychology)
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Health behavior.
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Health -- Decision making.
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Self-control.
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Self-management (Psychology)
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| Author |
Ridder, Denise T. D. de.
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Wit, John Bertha Franciscus de, 1965-
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| LC no. |
2006000889 |
| ISBN |
0470024070 (cased) |
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0470024089 (paperback) |
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9780470024072 (cased) |
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9780470024089 (paperback) |
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