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Theory which can predict the uptake of health behaviours based on several factors
Health Belief Model
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Theory which considers where people consider the control of their health is located, can be internal or external
Locus of Control
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Design of Becker's study into compliance with a medical regimen for asthma
Correlational
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According to Rotter, people with this are more likely to engage in health behaviours e.g. going to the gym.
Internal Locus of Control
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A routine such as a daily routine for taking medicine
Regimen
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A study in which neither the participants nor the researchers know who belongs to the experimental group and the control group
Double Blind
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Anything that causes stress
Stressor
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An experiment where the independent variable is naturally occuring
Quasi-Experiment
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A machine is set so that the individual's baseline behaviour is the starting point
Calibrated
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The electrical current conducted by skin varies according to moisture on the skin, anxiety causes more sweating so therefore more moisture and more conductance
Galvanic Skin Response
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Technique for managing stress in which the person has to recall a stressful situation, is taught techniques for managing the stress and then has to put it to practise in real life
Stress Inoculation Therapy
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A study that starts with participants and follows them to see which behaviours they show in the future
Prospective
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A study which asks participants to recall past behaviours
Retrospective
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Classifies depression as 5 or more of the following symptoms - insomnia most nights, fidgeting, tiredness, feeling worthless, unable to concentrate and recurrent thoughts of death
DSM-IV
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Theory which considers where people consider the control of their health is located, can be internal or external

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According to Rotter, people with this are more likely to engage in health behaviours e.g. going to the gym.

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A routine such as a daily routine for taking medicine

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