By Denise de Ridder, John de Wit
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2006-07-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470024070 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470024072
Binding: Hardcover
Book Description:
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.