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1
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How can we increase PA?

A

Change environment; health awareness campaigns; behaviour change theories

2
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What is social cognitive theory?

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Interaction between a person’s environment, behaviour, and cognitions; people strive towards a goal; reflect on their own experience and those of othersq

3
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What is self-efficacy?

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Perception of one’s ability to perform a specific task successfully

4
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What is self-efficacy influenced by?

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Performance accomplishments: experience in sticking to a routine, enabling development of realistic goals and providing feeddback; vicarious experiences; verbal persuasion; emotional and physiological states, especially during behaviour

5
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How is self-efficacy and behaviour related?

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Have a reciprocal nature

6
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What is the theory of planned behaviour?

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Attitude + subjective norms + perceived behavioural control –> intention. Intention + perceived behavioural control –> behaviour

7
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What types of attitudes are important for the theory of planned behaviour?

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Beliefs regarding behaviour; evaluation of outcomes

8
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What are the subjective norms?

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Beliefs that important others have, and motivation to comply with these

9
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What is perceived behavioural control?

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Control variables; power over control factors

10
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What factor has the strongest effect for the theory of planned behaviour?

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Perceived behavioural control, as have to override desire to stop. Self-efficacy comes into play to determine will.

11
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What factor has the weakest effect for the theory of planned behaviour?

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Subjective norms, as just because it is important to others, isn’t necessarily important to person