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Health Belief Model (HBM) Ans: a non-stage theory that identifies three
beliefs that influence decision making regarding health behavior:
perceived susceptibility to a health threat, perceived severity of the
disease or condition, and perceived benefits of and barriers to the
behavior
Perceived susceptibility (HBM) Ans: belief that they are at risk for
disease
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Perceived severity (HBM) Ans: beliefs on the seriousness of a condition
and the consequences
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perceived benefits (HBM) Ans: beliefs about the positive aspects of
adopting a health behavior
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cues to action (HBM) Ans: internal or external factors that could trigger
health behavior
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self-efficacy Ans: beliefs that one can perform the recommended health
behavior
Critiques of Health Belief Model Ans: Focus is on individual decisions -
doesn't address social and environmental factors, assumes a completely
internal and rational process to asses risk/benefit (process involves some
sort of external/social influence). Not all constructs need to be used at
once only some are related to behavior change
What can modify outcomes in the HBM? Ans: age
gender
ethnicity
personality
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knowledge
culture
Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Ans: Included in revised TRA, behavior
is also based on the person's perceived control over the behavior (is it
easy or difficult).
perceived behavioral control (theory of planned behavior) Ans: the
beliefs regarding how easy or hard it is to execute a given behavior or
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how much control you have over it
control beliefs (TPB) Ans: Beliefs about internal and external factors that
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may inhibit or facilitate the performance of the behavior
Controllability or whether performing the behavior is up to the individual
perceived power (TPB) Ans: refers to the belief that the behavior will be
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easy or hard to do
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How to assess perceived behavioral control Ans: Simple elicitation
question that get at factors that one's ability to do the target behavior
Integrated Behavioral Model Ans: dictates that behavioral intention is
determined by 3 important and direct constructs
IBM direct constructs: Ans: 1. attitude toward the
behavior/favorableness/unfavourableness of performing it
2.perceived norms or social pressures to perform it
3. personal agency (Self-efficacy & perceived control)- the stronger the
belief, stronger the attitudes,
salience Ans: evaluation of importance