Napisala Dominika Kwasnicka, Sveučilište SWPS, Poljska i Sveučilište Curtin, Australija Krajnji cilj programa za promicanje zdravlja je potaknuti dugoročne promjene, u čemu sudjeluju i zdravstveni djelatnici time što pomažu poboljšati zdravstvene ishode pacijenata, kao i održavati promjene u ponašanju. Znamo kako je teško potaknuti ponašanja koja promiču zdravlje, te kako je još zahtjevnije održavati to […]
Peter Harris i Ian Hadden, The Self-Affirmation Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK Jeste li se ikada oklijevali suočiti s nečim što biste radije ignorirali? To može biti sklonost nečemu lošem što jedete prečesto ili sklonost izbjegavanju zdravstvenih pregleda? Niste jedini. Većina nas misli da smo uglavnom prilično razumni i kompetentni. Stoga, […]
By Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland Changing behavior may often be desirable but difficult to do. For example, quitting smoking, eating healthily and sticking to a physical exercise regimen all require motivation, effort, and persistence. While many psychological factors play a role in behavior change, […]
By Keegan Knittle, University of Helsinki, Finland Here’s a familiar story from primary care: an individual who would clearly benefit from more physical activity comes into the clinic. We discuss their physical (in)activity, and in the end, the person says they just aren’t motivated to change. What’s a clinician supposed to do? How can we […]
