4.2 Using Social Cognition Models to Understand and Promote Help Seeking Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
Why is it important to promote help seeking?
A
- often a delay between an individuals first sign of a symptom and them seeking help
- 20-30% of individuals who find a breast lump take 3 or more months to seek help
2
Q
What 3 factors did Westerhof et al find to influence attitude to seeking help in older adults?
A
- attitude (0.23)
- perceived behavioural control (0.17)
- subjective norms (0.02)
subjective norms = much less of an influence
3
Q
What is attitude toward help-seeking?
A
- persons overall evaluation of the behaviour
4
Q
What is subjective norms toward help-seeking?
A
- perceived social pressure to perform (or not perform) the behaviour
5
Q
What is perceived behavioural control towards help-seeking?
A
- how easy/difficult a person believes it is to perform the behaviour
6
Q
What two aspects did Hunter et al measure in PPs?
A
- illness perception
- TPB components
7
Q
What illness perception factors did Hunter et al measure?
A
- identity
- cause
- timeline
- cure/control
- consequences
8
Q
What TPB components did Hunter et al measure?
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- attitude
- subjective norm
- perceived behavioural control
- intentions to seek help
9
Q
What were the biggest influence factors found by Hunter et al in help seeking?
A
- identity of symptoms: belief to the extent symptoms will cause breast cancer
- attitude
- perceived control
10
Q
What steps did Mueller et als study use?
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- identify salient beliefs
- develop messages to change these beliefs
- use family centred narratives
- provide practical steps for health seeking
- emphasise the benefit of early help
11
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What did Mueller et als study find?
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- BOTH tailoring and TPB messages lead to the highest intention to seek medical help
- next biggest influence was no tailoring and TPB behaviour
- tailoring alone had the least impact
- TPB messages are highly important
