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CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 14. Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors. HEALTH BEHAVIORS. Definition – Health behaviors – activities designed to maintain health and that are taken on by people who believe themselves to be healthy What does this mean?. QUESTIONNAIRES.

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CHAPTER 14

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  1. CHAPTER 14 Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors

  2. HEALTH BEHAVIORS • Definition – • Health behaviors – activities designed to maintain health and that are taken on by people who believe themselves to be healthy • What does this mean?

  3. QUESTIONNAIRES • These are for self examination, BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT EACH WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE (pg 240-241). • Health-Behavior Quest. (p. 235-236); for scoring, pg. 234 • Selected Lifestyle Beh. Quest. (p. 237) • Barriers-to-action Quest. (Fig. 14.1) • Multidimensional Health Locus-of-Control Scales (p. 240)

  4. BARRIERS • What are BARRIERS?

  5. BARRIERS • Reasons given or situations that interfere with someone engaging in behaviors they wish to engage in • Excuses? More productive to…

  6. LOCUS OF CONTROL • From Ch. 7, we know that this is the perception of the amount of control one has over events that affect one’s life • With regards to this chapter, HOW MUCH CONTROL OVER OUR HEALTH DO WE HAVE?

  7. Methods for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors • Self-Monitoring – process of observing and recording behavior with goal of increasing self-awareness • Example: If you’re trying to eliminate being late, notice…

  8. Methods cont. • Tailoring – designing a program that is adapted to the specific routines, lifestyle, abilities, and unique circumstances of an individual • Material Reinforcement – rewarding a behavior with a tangible object (ex. Stop smoking for a week, get…)

  9. Methods cont. • Social Reinforcement – A behavior is rewarded by someone else with anything from acknowledgement to praise to a “pat on the back” to a smile

  10. Methods cont. • Self-Contracting – “If I…, then I…” AND/OR “If I don’t…, then I won’t…” • What’s the difference between this and Material Reinforcement? • This and self-monitoring?

  11. Methods cont. • Contracting with Significant Other • Contract must be: • Fair • Have CLEAR TERMS • Worded in a POSITIVE WAY • Procedures must be syst. AND consistent • AT LEAST one other person involved

  12. Methods cont. • What is something that makes a contract a contract? • Have another (objective) examine contract

  13. Methods cont. • Shaping – changing behaviors gradually • What is the benefit/advantage to making change slowly?

  14. Methods cont. • Reminders (examples?) • Self-Help Groups (examples?) • Professional Help (examples? Referrals?)

  15. DECREASING STRESSFUL BEHAVIORS • Guide on pg. 246 that could help use the techniques described in the chapter • ACTIVITY

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