| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Series |
Psychology Library Editions: Emotion |
|
Psychology library editions. Emotion.
|
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series preface; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Building a theoretical background; 1. Adolescent health education and research: Defining terms; Introduction; Health-related behaviour; Health; Health education; Adolescence and health; Culture, ethnicity, and minority status; Gender; Adolescence: Continuity and change; Adolescent health research and education: Multidisciplinary fields; 2. Ethical issues in adolescent health education; Introduction |
|
The medicalisation of healthHealth as a norm; The concept of personal control and responsibility; Characteristics of information on health: Which behaviours are healthy?; The issue of voluntariness; Discussion; 3. Theories and models used in adolescent health research and education; Introduction; Choosing theories; Social-cognitive approaches; Belief-based approaches; Attitude-based approaches; Theories of adolescent health-related behaviour; Frameworks for multi-theoretical approaches; Conclusions; Part Two: Descriptive studies: Letting the subjects speak |
|
4. Letting the subjects speak. Part I: Taking inventoryIntroduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; 5. Letting the subjects speak. Part II: The focus group interviews; Introduction; Methods; Analysis; Results; Discussion; Part Three: Quantitative studies: Formulating theory and understanding adolescent health; 6. Worries and health in adolescence; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; 7. Everyday health and risk behaviours; Introduction; Methods and material; Results; Discussion; 8. Personal incentives as determinants of adolescent health behaviour: The meaning of behaviour; Introduction |
|
Methods and materialsResults; Discussion; Part Four: Applied research: Changing adolescent health-related behaviour; 9. Effectiveness of an adolescent health education programme based on a the Theory of the Meaning of Behaviour; Introduction; Methods and materials; Results; Discussion; Concluding remarks; References; Author index; Subject index |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1999, this title covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education. It describes in depth the development and evaluation of a health education programme designed to enhance everyday health-related behaviours in an adolescent population, and offers comprehensive reviews of developmental theories of adolescence, ethical and theoretical issues in adolescent health education, and the major theories used in adolescent health research. The research presented here led to the development and testing of a new theory - the Theory of Salient Meanings of |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Health behavior in adolescence.
|
|
Adolescent psychology.
|
|
Teenagers -- Health and hygiene.
|
|
Health promotion.
|
|
Health education.
|
|
Psychology, Adolescent
|
|
Health Promotion
|
|
Health Education
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
|
|
Adolescent psychology
|
|
Health behavior in adolescence
|
|
Health education
|
|
Health promotion
|
|
Teenagers -- Health and hygiene
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781317616252 |
|
1317616251 |
|
