Motivating the unmotivated: How can health behavior be changed in those unwilling to change?
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Many individuals do not engage in health-promoting behaviors that would confer important health benefits despite research that has shown that engaging in a suite of four health behaviors (physical activity, eating a healthy diet, not smoking, drinking alcohol in moderation) leads to a 11–14 year delay in all-cause mortality (Khaw et al., 2008; Ford et al., 2011). Motivating people disinclined to engage in health behavior presents a significant challenge to public health practitioners. Although there have been advances in interventions to increase individuals' motivation to engage in health-related behaviors, gaps in knowledge exist. In particular, effective strategies to promote behavior change in individuals with little or no motivation to change are relatively scarce.
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- Authors
- Hardcastle, S. J., Hancox, J., Hattar, A., Maxwell-Smith, C., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., & Hagger, M. S.
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Hardcastle, Sarah J.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2015-06-16
- Volume
- 6
- Pages
- 835-835
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4468355
- OpenAlex
- W1554706515
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 16.72
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- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Curtin University of Technology
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- health behavior change, motivation, behaviour change interventions, physical activity, healthy eating, smoking cessation, alcohol moderation, all-cause mortality, public health promotion
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