Tag Archives: Health & Clinical

Janis, I. and Feshbach, S. (1953) – Fear Arousal

Janis, I. and Feshbach, S. (1953) ‘Effects of fear arousal’, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 48, 78–92)

 

Background

This is the third study we will be looking at from the Methods of Health Promotion‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Fear Arousal

 

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Dannenberg et al (1993) – Legislation

Dannenberg et al., (1993) ‘Bicycle helmet laws and educational campaigns: an evaluation of strategies to increase children’s helmet use’, American Journal of Public Health 83 (5), 667–74)

 

Background

This is the second study we will be looking at from the Methods of Health Promotion‘ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Legislation

 

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Cowpe, C. (1989) – Media Campaign – Chip Pan Fires

Cowpe, C. (1989) ‘Chip pan fire prevention 1976–1988’, in C. Channer (ed.) Television Advertising Case Histories, 2nd edn, London: Cassell);

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the ‘Methods of Health Promotion’ section of ‘ Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Media Campaign

The purpose of Cowpe’s research is to establish if advertising campaigns can affect individuals health behaviours.

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Bandura (1977) – Self-efficacy

Bandura, A. (1977) ‘Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioural change’, Psychological Review 84, 191–215).

 

Background

This is the third study we will be looking at from the ‘Theories of Health Belief’ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Self-efficacy

Also know as Bandura and Adams (1977)

In order to better you understanding of self-efficacy and this study, it is highly recommended that you read: Self Efficacy: The Exercise of Control by Albert Bandura.

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Locus of Control

Rotter (1966) – Locus of Control

Rotter, J. (1966) ‘Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement’, Psychological Monographs 80 (1), 1–28);

Background

This is the second study we will be looking at from the ‘Theories of Health Belief’ section of ‘Healthy Living’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Locus of Control

This is the third time in this course that we have encountered Rotter’s locus of control, but the other times Rotter was only the background to the study. The first time was in the Gudjonsson and Bownes (2002) attribution of blame study and the second time was recently in the Nemeth and Wachlter (1974) study of minority influence.

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