Tag: Motivation
Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills Theory
This theory focuses on three components that result in behaviour change: information, motivation and behaviour skills. Information relates to the basic knowledge about a medical condition, and is an essential prerequisite for behaviour change but … Read more
Reference: Munro et al., 2007
Protection-Motivation Theory
According to this theory, behaviour change may be achieved by appealing to an individual’s fears. Three components of fear arousal are postulated: the magnitude of harm of a depicted event; the probability of that event’s … Read more
Reference: Munro et al., 2007
Theory of Planned Behavior
Theory of Reasoned Action suggests that a person’s behavior is determined by his/her intention to perform the behavior and that this intention is, in turn, a function of his/her attitude toward the behavior and his/her … Read more