1st Edition

Motivation for Sustaining Health Behavior Change The Self-as-Doer Identity

By Amanda M. Brouwer Copyright 2018
90 Pages
by Routledge

102 Pages
by Routledge

102 Pages
by Routledge

With a balance of theory, research, and applications, Motivation for Sustaining Health Behavior Change: The Self-as-Doer Identity introduces the self-as-doer identity as an accessible motivational identity and discusses how it can be incorporated into health behavior change efforts. The book introduces the self-as-doer theory and presents research and recommendations for how the self-as-doer... Read more

Chapter 1: A Primer on Health, Health Behavior Change, and Identity

Chapter 2: The Self-as-Doer: An Introduction

Amanda M. Brouwer and Linda S. Houser-Marko

Chapter 3: Creating Self-as-Doer Identities

Chapter 4: Self-as-Doer Identity and Health Behavior Change within Non-clinical Populations

Chapter 5: Self-as-Doer Identity and Health Behavior Change within Clinical Populations

Amanda M. Brouwer and Katie E. Mosack

Chapter 6: Recommendations for Using the Self-as-Doer Identity

Amanda M. Brouwer and Katie E. Mosack

Biography

Amanda M. Brouwer is Associate Professor of Psychology at Winona State University, USA. She teaches social, health, and quantitative statistics to undergraduates and studies how psychosocial concepts such as identity and self-efficacy influence health behavior enactment. She has published in journals such as Self and Identity, Qualitative Health Research, The Diabetes Educator, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and Chronic Illness.