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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877859403321

Titolo

Self-regulation in health behavior / / edited by Denise T.D. de Ridder and John B.F. de Wit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

1-280-35573-5

9786610355730

0-470-71315-1

0-470-02409-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Classificazione

44.10

Altri autori (Persone)

RidderDenise T. D. de

WitJohn Bertha Franciscus de <1965->

Disciplina

613/.0433

Soggetti

Health behavior

Self-control

Self-management (Psychology)

Control (Psychology)

Behaviorism (Psychology)

Health - Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Self-regulation perspectives on health behavior : concepts, theories, and central issues / Denise T.D. de Ridder and John B.F. de Wit -- Contextualizing health behaviors : the role of personal goals / Winifred A. Gebhardt -- Unintentional behavior : a subrational approach to health risk / Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Rachel A. Reimer, and Elizabeth A. Pomery -- Social influences on adolescent substance use : insights into how parents and peers affect adolescent's smoking and drinking behavior / Rutger C.M.E. Engels and Sander M. Bot -- Temperament, self-regulation, and the prototype willingness model of adolescent health risk behavior / Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Michelle L. Stock, Amy E. Houlihan, and Jennifer L. Dykstra -- Implementation intentions : strategic automatization of goal striving / Paschal Sheeran, Thomas L. Webb, and Peter M. Gollwitzer -- Managing



immediate needs in the pursuit of health goals : the role of coping in self- regulation / Denise T.D. de Ridder and Roeline G. Kuijer -- Maintaining self-control : the role of expectancies / Carolien Martijn, Hugo J.E.M. Alberts, and Nanne K. de Vries -- Maintenance of health behavior change : additional challenges for self-regulation theory, research, and practice / John B.F. de Wit -- Hanging on and letting go in the pursuit of health goals : psychological mechanisms to cope with a regulatory dilemma / Klaus Rothermund.

Sommario/riassunto

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.