Self-regulation from theory to practice: supporting your patients’ goals for change
By Stan Maes & Véronique De Gucht, Leiden University, Netherlands Over the last decades, the role of individuals within the healthcare system […]
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Move more, sit less at work: let’s not sit to talk about it
By Stuart Biddle, University of Southern Queensland, Australia I’m writing this blog on Valentine’s Day! The health promotion charity in Australia, Bluearth, […]
Willpower versus Unhealthy Temptations – Spoiler Alert – Willpower Usually Loses
By Amanda Rebar, Central Queensland University, Australia It will come as no surprise that evidence shows people do not always behave in […]
Planning theory- and evidence-based behavior change interventions: Intervention Mapping
By Gerjo Kok, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; University of Texas at Houston, USA A wide range of campaigns and interventions to improve […]
Social support and health behavior: How to move from well-intentioned to skilled support
By Urte Scholz, University of Zurich and Gertraud (Turu) Stadler, University of Aberdeen Social support seems to be an exclusively positive thing. […]
Very Brief Interventions
By Stephen Sutton, University of Cambridge, England Large-scale problems require large-scale solutions. Tackling the ‘Big 4’ behaviours (physical inactivity, tobacco use, excessive […]
Using Health Psychology in your everyday practice
Karen Morgan, Perdana University Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Robbert Sanderman, University of Groningen and […]
Harnessing your imagination: Using the power of mental imagery to change health behaviour
Martin S. Hagger, Curtin University, Australia and University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Dominic Conroy, Birkbeck University of London, UK What is mental […]
The Power of Planning
Peter M. Gollwitzer, New York University Everyone has bad habits. You snack when distressed or you drink too much alcohol when relaxing […]
Fear is a bad counsellor
Dr Gjalt-Jorn Peters, Open University, Netherlands Fear appeals are a commonly used strategy to change behaviour. For instance the threatening and graphic […]
