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Category: Motivation

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 […]

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

Linking the Elephant to the Rider: The Role of Motivation

By António Labisa Palmeira, CIDEFES – Universidade Lusófona, Portugal; ISBNPA Executive Director Long-term motivation for health-related behaviors can come from different sources. Behavioral scientists are still trying to work out how these sources fit together. For example, I go running […]

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2021-05-042025-11-04Communication, Incentives, Motivation, Social Support

How to support patients to lose weight and better manage their type 2 diabetes

By Leah Avery, Teesside University, UK. Type 2 diabetes was previously considered a progressive condition, with an inevitable need for insulin therapy, however lifestyle behavioural change research challenges this pessimistic prognosis. As prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to increase, […]

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

How to maintain health behaviours long term?

By Dominika Kwasnicka, SWPS University, Poland and University of Melbourne, Australia The ultimate goal of health promotion programmes is to promote long-lasting change and health care professionals can play a role and help patients to improve their health outcomes and […]

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

Är dina klienter defensiva? Självbekräftelse kan i så fall vara till hjälp.

Av: Peter Harris och Ian Hadden, The Self-Affirmation Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK Har du någonsin känt dig motvillig till att diskutera något du hellre vill ignorera? Kanske din förkärlek till något ohälsosamt som du äter […]

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

Strävan efter ditt bättre jag – en anledning till beteendeförändring

Av: Winifred Gebhardt, Leiden University, Nederländerna För ungefär nio år sedan bestämde jag mig för att bli vegetarian; beslutet skedde över en natt. Jag läste just då en roman där huvudpersonen förklarade att han inte kunde äta någonting “där ett […]

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

Träning för äldre: hur mycket är för mycket?

Av: Anne Tiedemann, The University of Sydney, Australia “Brist på aktivitet ödelägger människans goda tillstånd medan rörelse och metodisk fysisk träning räddar och förvarar det” Platon, 400 f.Kr. Det har länge varit känt att regelbunden fysisk träning är viktig för […]

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

Upplevd självförmåga: Tilltron till sin egen förmåga att nå ett särskilt mål kan hjälpa en att uppnå viktiga livsstilsförändringar

Av: Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universität Berlin (Tyskland) och SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Polen) Att förändra invanda hälsobeteenden är något många strävar efter, men är ytterst svårt i praktiken. För att lyckas sluta röka, äta hälsosamt och träna […]

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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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