PHYSICAL HEALTH

Social Psychology of Health Behavior

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Purpose of the Study3

Research Questions3

Methodology3

Data Sources and Research Limitations3

Data Types4

Results5

Discussion9

Moderate Physical Activity9

Vigorous Physical Activity11

Conclusion12

Social Psychology of Health Behavior

Introduction

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study is to conduct an impact of social psychology on health behavior. The primary purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of the Plan for Exercise, Plan for Health intervention at changing the frequency of adolescent moderate and vigorous physical activity. There are two secondary purposes to this study. First, the study sought to examine whether changes in following four Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) constructs were able to predict changes in the frequency of adolescent moderate and vigorous physical activity: self-efficacy for overcoming barriers to physical activity, self-regulation of physical activity, social support from family and friends for physical activity, and outcome expectancy-values for physical activity. Second, the study sought to test whether changes in the targeted SCT constructs mediated changes in adolescent moderate and vigorous physical activity, thereby testing the utility of the theory in the development of physical activity interventions.

Research Questions

The following research questions are developed to guide the evaluation of the social psychology of health behavior:

Did the Plan for Exercise, Plan for Health intervention account for a significant portion of the variance in changes in the frequency of adolescent moderate physical activity?

Did the Plan for Exercise, Plan for Health intervention account for a significant portion of the variance in changes in the frequency of adolescent vigorous physical activity?

Methodology

Data Sources and Research Limitations

In every piece of research, the concept of methodology is one of the most significant, as it functions as a guide for the whole research that is social psychology of health behavior. Designing the appropriate research methodology is a difficult but essential that determines to a high degree the significance and validity of the research results; any mistakes and omission can lead to the wrong direction and thus adopting the wrong statistical techniques and tools. This chapter, therefore, will present the research objectives, the data collection methods, questionnaire design, all of which will be essential in obtaining relevant information and be instrumental in carrying out the analysis of this research.

Data Types

This research study that is social psychology of health behavior will be based on both primary data and secondary data, to analyze how social psychology affects the physical health of adolescent.

Primary Data

For the study, data is collected from four schools which are selected on random sampling. Primary data are raw data collected, which is relevant to a specific objective or original data collected by the researcher for the research problem at hand. The primary data will be collected to help resolve the research phenomena or to take benefit of the prospect about which a decision is pending. In addition to this, this sort of data also refers to the information gathered at first hand by the investigator on the identified variables for the objective of the study. The primary data in this research will be obtained through questionnaires (Catherine, ...