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Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors

Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors. Chapter 14. Chapter Overview. Health and lifestyle behaviors Methods for decreasing stressful behaviors Behavior change theories Stages of change theory Self-efficacy theory Theory of reasoned action Theory of planned behavior.

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Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors

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  1. Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors Chapter 14

  2. Chapter Overview • Health and lifestyle behaviors • Methods for decreasing stressful behaviors • Behavior change theories • Stages of change theory • Self-efficacy theory • Theory of reasoned action • Theory of planned behavior

  3. Health and Lifestyle Behaviors • Health Behavior: Activities taken by people who believe themselves to be healthy and that are designed to maintain health; a subclass of lifestyle behaviors • Examples: limiting sugar and salt in your diet, avoiding smoking cigarettes, exercising • Lifestyle Behavior: All of the activities in which people engage • Examples: daily chores, going to school or work, meeting new people, listening intently to a lecture

  4. Health-Behavior Assessment • Before you can change health-related behaviors, you must identify behaviors that need to be changed • Take Lab Assessment 14.1 to do this • After completing, examine the items that could be changed

  5. Are Your Behaviors Healthy? Lab Assessment 14.1

  6. Lab 14.1 continued..

  7. Selected Lifestyle Behaviors • Take Lab Assessment 14.2 to identify lifestyle behaviors that you would like to adopt • Add other behaviors that are not on the list

  8. Barriers to Action • Barriers to action: reasons given as preventing one from engaging in certain activities • Take Lab Assessment 14.3 to identify barriers

  9. What Are Your Barriers to Behaving Healthfully? Lab Assessment 14.3

  10. Locus of Control • Locus of control: Perception of one’s control over events that affect one’s life • Use Lab Assessment 14.4 to identify your locus of control

  11. Methods for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors • Self-monitoring: Observing and recording behavior • Tailoring: Making changes specific to the life of the individual • Material reinforcement: Rewarding a behavior with a tangible object • Social reinforcement: Rewarding a behavior with social approval • Social support: Emotional or informational support from a friend

  12. Methods for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors (cont.) • Self-contracting: Making a contract with oneself to change behavior • Contracting with a significant other, a person who is important to you • Shaping: Changing behavior a little at a time • Reminders: Receiving messages to promote behavior change • Self-help groups • Professional help

  13. Behavior Change Theories and Stress • Stages of Change Theory • Precontemplation • Contemplation • Decision/determination • Action • Maintenance

  14. Behavior Change Theories and Stress (cont.) • Self-Efficacy Theory • Confidence in ability to carry out the change is predictor of success • Four ways to increase confidence: • Performance attainment • Vicarious experience • Verbal persuasion • Physiological state

  15. Behavior Change Theories and Stress (cont.) • Theory of Reasoned Action • Behavioral intentions are predictor of success • Theory of Planned Behavior • Adds the variable of amount of perceived control

  16. Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors

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