Behavior change to addictive behavior Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is one theory?
theory of planned behavior
Explain attitudes.
-combines favorable and unfavorable opinions are
-positive attitudes increases the intention
-negative reduces the attention to gamble
What is subjective norms?
-belief of wither others approve or disprove the addictive behavior
-if people matter to them disprove then reduces the intent to gamble and more likely to hcnga there addcitive behaviour
What is control?
-how much control do they have over there own abilities to change the influence
-external
-internal
past
Why is control the most important part?
without control they may be still vulnurable to an addiction
application
page 51
Evaluations of TPB.
-RTS HAGGER ET AL
-SOCIAL DESIRABLITY
-PRAC SPP
Explain the RTS by Hagger et al.
-asked 486ppt to fill in a questionaire about alchol related behavioiur
-3 months later
-personal attitudes and subjective norms correlate significantly with limiting drinking behaviour to match guidlines
-precievd control predicted actual unit consumptiom
-all three aspect interacted to create the intention to stop
explain social desriablity.
-relies on questionaires
-prone to social desirablity bias
–may lie about intetions about addiction
-present in best psobbile lght
-drink within guidlines to avoid being judged
-lower the validity
Explain the practical application?
-PPOTT that TPB can predict who therapy would be more successful for
-if individual missed on aspect tsuch as personal attitudes then there unlikely to be offered therapy wont have intetiom ntp change
-economic impoliation NHS can use there limited resouces on those it will actually beenfit reducing waiting times
What is another reason for behaviur change.
Prochaska’s six stage model
Explain pre contemplation
do not see themselves as having a problem though it is unhealthy.
AO2 precontemplating
focus on helping them to consider to change
Explain contemplation.
now think of changing as there aware of the costs
AO2 of contemplation
help them understand the pros of overcoming there asddiction
explain preparation
aware the pros outweig cons so want to change by next month but dont know how
AO2 preparation
help them contruct a plan
explain action
-put into action
-do something that chnages behaviour in next six month
-CBT
AO2 action
coping strategies
Explain maintenance
-maintain the behvaioiur for 6 months focus on relapse prevnetion lengthy stange
Explain termination
behvaiur goes from absitnent to automatice and so they no longer feel anxiety and are able to resist
What are the evaluations?
-pa KRAFT ET AL
-poisitive view of relapse
-social desriability
EXPLAIN RTS by pa kraft et al
-6 stages can be reduced down to two sueful stages
-pre contemplation grouped with the rest
-the rest there thinling but not the start
-important impliatiom caus there matched with nitervantions
explain social desriablity bias
-based on self report methods
-based on nictonine addictes cand changes in there thinking when giving up
-could have lied about how logical there thought processing actually was to present themself in the best possible lihgt
