de Ridder / de Wit Self-Regulation in Health Behavior

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-02409-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

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. The book is arranged in two sections - Goal Setting and Goal Activation in Health Behaviour and Goal Striving and Goal Persistence. The epilogue compares self-regulation theories with the prevailing social-cognitive models.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Ridder, Denise

de Wit, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
Contributors.
Foreword.
Chapter 1: Self-regulation in Health Behavior: Concepts,Theories, and Central Issues (Denise T.D. de Ridder and JohnB.F. de Wit).
Part I: Goal Setting in Health Behavior: Conflicting Desiresand Social Influences.
Chapter 2: Contextualizing Health Behaviors: The Role ofPersonal Goals (Winifred A. Gebhardt).
Chapter 3: Unintentional Behavior: A Subrational Approach toHealth Risk (Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Rachel A.Reimer, and Elizabeth A. Pomery).
Chapter 4: Social Influences on Adolescent Substance Use:Insights into How Parents and Peers Affect Adolescent'sSmoking and Drinking Behavior (Rutger C.M.E. Engels and SanderM. Bot).
Chapter 5: Temperament, Self-regulation, and thePrototype/Willingness Model of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior(Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Michelle L. Stock, Amy E.Houlihan, and Jennifer L. Dykstra).
Part II: Goal Striving to Achieve Outcomes: Getting Started,Staying on Track, and Letting Go.
Chapter 6: Implementation Intentions: Strategic Automatizationof Goal Striving (Paschal Sheeran, Thomas L. Webb, and Peter M.Gollwitzer).
Chapter 7: Managing Immediate Needs in the Pursuit of HealthGoals: The Role of Coping in Self-regulation (Denise T.D. deRidder and Roeline G. Kuijer).
Chapter 8: Maintaining Self-control: The Role of Expectancies(Carolien Martijn, Hugo J.E.M. Alberts, and Nanne K. deVries).
Chapter 9: Maintenance of Health Behavior Change: AdditionalChallenges for Self-regulation Theory, Research, and Practice(John B.F. de Wit).
Chapter 10: Hanging On and Letting Go in the Pursuit of HealthGoals: Psychological Mechanisms to Cope with a Regulatory Dilemma(Klaus Rothermund).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Denise T.D. de Ridder, Ph.D. is professor of HealthPsychology at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and scientificdirector of the Dutch Research Institute for Psychology and Health.Her research focuses on topics at the interface of coping andself-regulation with an emphasis on self-care behavior andadherence in chronic illness and eating and overweight in healthyindividuals. She is co-editor of Psychology and Health andassociate editor of Health Psychology Review.
John B.F. de Wit, Ph.D. is associate professor of SocialPsychology of Health at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), andexecutive director of the master program in psychology at UtrechtUniversity. His research interests encompass determinants of healthbehavior and strategies of change, and combine cognitive,motivational and volitional approaches to self-regulation. He has alongstanding involvement in the domains of sexuality and health,emphasizing the promotion as well as the maintenance of protectivebehaviors in vulnerable populations. Other work is concerned withmotivational processes in risk perception and persuasion.