HEALTH BELIEFS Flashcards
What is a health behaviour, illness behaviour and a sick role?
- Health behaviour is a behaviour that aims to prevent disease
- Illness behaviour is a behaviour that seeks remedy
- Sick role is the role assumed by the patient where that aim to try and recover
What is attribution theory?
- People are motivated to see their social world as predictable and controllable
- People want to understand causality
- Attribution theory focuses on the attributions of causality
What are the attributions of causality outlined by Kelly (1971)
- Distinctiveness - causes are specific to the individual based on the behaviour they carry out
- Consensus - the cause of a behaviour is shared by others
- Consistency over time - same attribution of causality is made at another time
- Consistency over modality - same attribution would be made in a different situation
Risk perception - what are the 4 cognitive factors involved in unrealistic optimism outlined by Weinstein.
- Lack of personal experience of the problem
- Problem is preventable by individual action
- The belief that problem hasn’t appeared yet, it will appear later in the future
- Belief that the problem is infrequent
Locus of control with regards to health
An individuals belief about whether how much control they have over their health and healthiness
3 reasons why people will take a health related action
- They believe they are capable of carrying out the action
- By doing so they’re avoiding a health condition
- They can avoid a negative health condition
Health belief model by Rosenstock - 4 factors influencing whether a person will carry out a health behaviour
- Benefits
- Barriers
- Severity of illness
- Succeptibility
Revisions to Rosenstocks model
- Health motivation
- Demographic variables
- Psychosocial variables
- Cues to action
5 Keys to a longer and happier life
- Maintain a sense of purpose
- Maintain positive social relationships
- Maintain healthy habits such as healthy eating habits
- Sleep well
- Exercise well
What is the purpose of a health belief model?
Helps to explain and predict health behaviours
What is the theory of planned behaviour?
- Looks at why we do what we do
- Attitudes towards an act or behaviour
- Subjective norm - people around you influence you
- Perceived behavioural control
