Research in Health Psychology

Theories and Models

100

Founded by Bandura, this is a comprehensive theory of behavior change that posits that characteristics of people, their environments, and their health behaviors all interact and determine whether a health behavior is performed. This theory also suggests that a key determinant of health behavior change is self-efficacy.

What is Social Cognitive Theory?

200

This model of behavior change suggests that individuals will perform healthy behaviors if they believe they are susceptible to a health issue, it will have severe consequences, and that their behavior will be beneficial in reducing the severity of susceptibility of the health issue. In addition, they believe that the benefits outweigh the costs of performing the behavior.

What is the Health Belief Model?

300

This model notes that we process through different stages as we think about, attempt to, and finally change a behavior.

What is Trans-theoretical Model (Stages of Change Model)?

400

This theory is an extension and updating of the Theory of Reasoned Action. It assumes that people decide to behave a certain way on the basis of their intentions, which are dependent on their attitude toward the behavior and their perceptions of the social norms regarding the behavior.

What is the Theory of Planned Behavior?

500

These are the 6 stages of health behavior change, according to the Transtheoretical Model.

What is pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination?

Quant. Study Design

100

This type of design involves measuring responses of a single sample on more than once occasion. It has been touted as superior to cross-sectional designs because an investigator is more able to examine hypotheses of causation when association of variables are measured over time.

What is a longitudinal design?

200

This design allocates matched groups of people to different treatments (e.g., treatment group and a control group).

What is a between groups design?

300

A study using this design only obtains responses on one occasion from participants.

What is a cross sectional design?

400

This design is used to describe an investigation that yields a single descriptive account of an individual (or sometimes a small group). In this design the researcher attempts to provide a chronological account of the evolution of a phenomenon from the perspective of the central character.

What is a Case Study?

500

This type of design involves the systematic comparison of interventions using a fully controlled application of one or more "treatments" with a random allocation of participants to different treatment groups.

What is a Randomized Control Trial design?

Traditional Research Methods

100

This is the most common type of research in Health Psychology. It is very broad in its scope and serves as an umbrella for research that involves assessing the magnitude of a phenomenon or examining the magnitude of associations between variables. Reliability and validity are essential when using this type of research method.

What are quantitative methods?

200

This type of research method is about the process of change and what stimulates it. The investigator acts as a change agent work works with the community to understand a situation and facilitate change. In this type of research, participants share power and control with the researcher and are involved in most stages of the research process.

What is Participant Action Research?

300

___________ often come in the form of programs or campaigns. Evaluation is a key aspect of designing and implementing ___________. This type of research involves investigating deliberate attempts to improve health.

What are interventions? What is intervention research?

400

This type of method is a broad form of inquiry that aims to understand the meanings, purposes, and intentions of behavior. This method is used to describe the following types of research: interviews, focus groups, diaries and blogs, and discourse analysis.

What are qualitative methods?

500

This research method involves the use of statistical techniques to combine and subsequently analyze the results of several studies that address that same research question.

What is a meta- analysis?

Wild-Card

100

This is a necessary requirement before any research project can be started. Ethics boards and research review panels in all credible research institutions and universities have been established for this purpose.

What is ethical approval?

200

This is one of the most important research methods. It refers to the attempt by an investigator to repeat a study purely to determine if its original findings can be repeated.

What is Replication?

300

This type of analysis involves examining history and social environments as they relate to health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes?

What is a Historical Analysis?

400

This type of interview is more open-ended. It allows the investigator to probe for more information and the interviewee to address issues that he/she feels relevant to topics raised.

What is a semi-structured interview?

500

________ __________ comprise group discussions in which participants focus collectively upon a topic or issue raised by investigator usually through questions.

What are Focus Groups?

Paper Assignment

100

This is the length (in pages) your Community Based Agency report should be. You will not receive credit for any information included that is beyond this specification.

What is 2 pages?

200

This is the type of format your report should be written in. It is the format used for writing in the field of Psychology.

What is APA format?

300

This is what you should do if you are unable to get all of the information you need about your agency from the internet.

What is call or visit the agency?

400

This is the due date for your assignment.

What is September 24, 2015?

500

These are the parts of your report (2) that will include information learned in this class.

What is the Cultural Competence Analysis and the Health Theory Analysis?