Self-Regulation in Health Behavior

Posted on 2006-06-142006-06-14 by Denise de Ridder

Author : Denise de Ridder

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Release : 2006-06-14

ISBN-13 : 0470024097

Page : 264 pages

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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.

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