Adolescence, Affect and Health

by Spruijt-Metz,Donna

• ISBN13: 9780863775185
• ISBN10: 0863775187
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education. In it, the development and evaluation of a health education program designed to enhance everyday health-related behaviors in an adolescent population is described in depth. It offers comprehensive reviews of developmental theories of adolescence, ethical and theoretical issues in health education, and the major theories used in adolescent health research. The research presented here leads to the development and testing of a new theory, the theory of Salient Meanings of Behavior. The inception, growth, testing, and field testing of this new theory are traced here. The book is designed to appeal to both theoretical and applied scientists in the field of adolescent development, adolescent health and education.

Table of Contents

Series preface	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part One: Building a theoretical background	1	(80)
Adolescent health education and research: Defining terms	3	(24)
Introduction	3	(1)
Health-related behaviour	4	(6)
Health	10	(1)
Health education	10	(3)
Adolescence and health	13	(8)
Culture, ethnicity, and minority status	21	(1)
Gender	22	(2)
Adolescence: Continuity and change	24	(1)
Adolescent health research and education: Multidisciplinary fields	25	(2)
Ethical issues in adolescent health education	27	(14)
Introduction	27	(2)
The medicalisation of health	29	(1)
Health as a norm	30	(1)
The concept of personal control and responsibility	31	(5)
Characteristics of information on health: Which behaviours are healthy?	36	(2)
The issue of voluntariness	38	(1)
Discussion	39	(2)
Theories and models used in adolescent health research and education	41	(40)
Introduction	41	(4)
Choosing theories	45	(2)
Social--cognitive approaches	47	(6)
Belief-based approaches	53	(6)
Attitude-based approaches	59	(6)
Theories of adolescent health-related behaviour	65	(5)
Frameworks for multi-theoretical approaches	70	(6)
Conclusions	76	(5)
Part Two: Descriptive studies: Letting the subjects speak	81	(38)
Letting the subjects speak. Part I: Taking inventory	83	(20)
Introduction	83	(6)
Methods	89	(3)
Results	92	(5)
Discussion	97	(6)
Letting the subjects speak. Part II: The focus group interviews	103	(16)
Introduction	103	(1)
Methods	104	(1)
Analysis	105	(2)
Results	107	(9)
Discussion	116	(3)
Part Three: Quantitative studies: Formulating theory and understanding adolescent health	119	(46)
Worries and health in adolescence	121	(16)
Rob J. Spruijt
Introduction	121	(4)
Methods	125	(3)
Results	128	(5)
Discussion	133	(4)
Everyday health and risk behaviours	137	(16)
Introduction	137	(3)
Methods and materials	140	(3)
Results	143	(6)
Discussion	149	(4)
Personal incentives as determinants of adolescent health behaviour: The meaning of behaviour	153	(12)
Introduction	153	(2)
Methods and materials	155	(1)
Results	156	(6)
Discussion	162	(3)
Part Four: Applied research: Changing adolescent health-related behaviour	165	(20)
Effectiveness of an adolescent health education programme based on a the Theory of the Meaning of Behaviour	167	(18)
Rob J. Spruijt
Introduction	167	(2)
Methods and materials	169	(9)
Results	178	(4)
Discussion	182	(3)
Concluding remarks	185	(2)
References	187	(22)
Author index	209	(8)
Subject index	217