Ovid
Self-Regulation in Health Behavior
Publication Year: 2006
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: de Ridder, Denise; de Wit, John
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-47-002407-2
Description
This text offers a comprehensive overview of new approaches to health-related behavior 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 behavior. The book is arranged in two sections – Goal Setting and Goal Activation in Health Behavior and Goal Striving and Goal Persistence. The epilogue compares self-regulation theories with the prevailing social-cognitive models.
Details
Platform: Ovid Publisher: WileyProduct Type: Book
Author/Editor: de Ridder, Denise; de Wit, John
ISBN: 978-0-47-002407-2
Specialty:
Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Language: English
Edition: 1st
Pages: 264
Year: 2006
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