Motivation - Practical Health Psychology

2023-02-012025-11-04Motivation, Planning, Stress and Coping

Staying well at work by job crafting

by Janne Kaltiainen and Jari Hakanen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland What parts of my work do I find motivating, engaging and most beneficial for my well-being? What can I do to get more of these things in my […]

2022-06-012025-11-04Behavioural theory, E-health, Habit, Motivation

Kobling av elefanten og rytteren: Motivasjonens rolle

António Labisa Palmeira, CIDEFES – Lusófona Universitet, Portugal; ISBNPA administrerende direktør Langsiktig motivasjon for helseatferd kan komme fra forskjellige kilder. Atferdsforskere prøver fortsatt å finne ut hvordan disse kildene passer sammen. For eksempel løper jeg nesten hver dag og har […]

2020-08-252025-11-04Habit, Motivation, Self-regulation

Hvordan opprettholde helseatferd på lang sikt?

Av Dominika Kwasnicka, SWPS Universitet, Poland, og Melbourne Universitet, Australia Det endelig målet til helsefremmende programmer er å drive langvarige endringer. Helsepersonell kan spille en rolle i å forbedre pasienters helseutfall og å opprettholde adferdsendring. Vi vet at helseatferdsendring er […]

2020-02-042025-11-04Communication, Motivation, Self-regulation

Are your clients being defensive? If so, self-affirmation may help.

Peter Harris and Ian Hadden, The Self-Affirmation Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK Have you ever been reluctant to face up to something you’d rather ignore? Maybe your fondness for something bad for you that you eat […]

2019-12-162025-11-04Mental Imagery, Motivation

Becoming your better self as reason for changing behavior

By Winifred Gebhardt, Leiden University, The Netherlands About nine years ago, I became a vegetarian overnight. In a novel I was reading, the main character explained how he could not eat anything “in which at some time a heart had […]

2019-10-072025-11-04Goal setting, Motivation, Self-regulation

Physical activity in older age: how much is enough?

By Anne Tiedemann, The University of Sydney, Australia “Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it”… Plato, 400 BC. It’s long been known that making physical […]

2019-07-162025-11-04Motivation, Self-regulation

Self-efficacy: The “can-do” belief that lets people change their lifestyles

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 […]

2019-01-142025-11-04Goal setting, Motivation, Self-regulation

Motivation and the first steps toward physical activity

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 […]

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