Over the past few decades we have witnessed several phases in the development of approaches aimed at ensuring that patients continue therapy for chronic conditions for long …
Social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura 1986) has become a fundamental resource in clinical, educational, social, developmental, health, and personality psychology. It has been …
Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success. Poor adherence attenuates optimum clinical benefits and therefore reduces the overall effectiveness of …
Investigated the generalization of the transtheoretical model across 12 problem behaviors. The cross-sectional comparisons involved relationships between 2 key constructs of the …
Impetus for the transtheoretical approach came from several different sources. First and foremost was a discontent with the state of affairs in psychotherapy theory, research, and …
DM Ng, RW Jeffery - Health psychology, 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
The study examined associations between perceived stress and fat intake, exercise, alcohol consumption, and smoking behaviors. Data were from surveys of 12,110 individuals in 26 …
MM Clark, DB Abrams, RS Niaura… - Journal of consulting …, 1991 - psycnet.apa.org
Self-efficacy is an important mediating mechanism in advancing understanding of the treatment of obesity. This study developed and validated the Weight Efficacy Life-Style …
R Schwarzer, R Fuchs - Predicting health behavior …, 1996 - userpage.fu-berlin.de
Self-referent thought has become an issue that pervades psychological research in many domains. In 1977, the famous psychologist Albert Bandura at Stanford University introduced …