Assessing Your Attitudes and Norms towards Physical Activity

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The health belief model was initially developed to explain why people fail to adopt which of the following strategies?

Disease prevention strategies

Which of the following is NOT one of the core beliefs proposed by the health belief model?

Perceived benefits

Which theory proposes that people will be more motivated to act in healthy ways if they believe they are susceptible to a particular negative health outcome?

The health belief model

According to the health belief model, which of the following is NOT one of the core beliefs that influence behavior?

Perceived barriers

Which of the following is NOT a factor that can influence a person's motivation to act according to the health belief model?

Perceived barriers to adopting the behavior

What can spur a person to adopt a behavior according to the health belief model?

Both internal and external cues

Which of the following variables is NOT typically included in studies of the health belief model?

Perceived susceptibility

What is the main focus of the Health Belief Model?

Modifiable psychological influences on behavior

What was the most common technique used to change behavior in the studies reviewed by Jones et al. (2014)?

Providing information about health consequences

What were the results of the cluster randomized control trial conducted by Tola et al. (2016) in Ethiopia?

Patients receiving the intervention had lower non-adherence to TB treatment

What is one criticism/limitation of the Health Belief Model?

Limited consensus about how to operationalize the model variables and the links between them

Which intervention had a significant effect on objectively-assessed attendance?

Control belief intervention

What did Ajzen argue about the focus of the intervention?

The intervention should have focused on making sure participants were able to carry out their intentions

What is the role of implementation intentions in closing the intention-behaviour gap?

Implementation intentions can increase the correlation between intentions and behaviour

What is the criticism about the model's hypotheses?

The model's hypotheses are just common sense statements that can't be falsified

According to the theory of planned behaviour, which of the following is NOT one of the factors that predict our behavioural intentions?

Beliefs about the outcomes of the behavior

What percentage of variation in health behavior did the TPB variables account for, according to McEachan et al.'s meta-analysis?

44.3%

According to Steinmetz et al.'s meta-analysis, which of the following interventions was MOST effective in changing attitudes?

Modeling of the behavior

According to Sniehotta et al.'s study, which of the following interventions had NO effect on intentions or behavior?

None of the above

What is the main argument of Sniehotta et al. (2014)?

The theory of planned behaviour is no longer a plausible theory of behaviour or behaviour change.

According to Ajzen (2015), what is his main critique of Sniehotta et al. (2014)?

They misinterpret negative findings of poorly conducted studies as evidence against the theory.

What is the overall debate about in the text?

The usefulness of the theory of planned behaviour in psychology.

What is the conclusion of Ogden (2015)?

The theory of planned behaviour should be retired.

Discover your attitudes and subjective norms towards participating in regular physical activity with this quiz. Measure whether you find it dull or interesting, unpleasant or pleasant, and unhealthy or healthy. Determine if people close to you think you should engage in physical activity. Assess your fitness mindset and find motivation to overcome barriers.

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