Assignment Task
Discuss how psychological factors influence exercise and health behaviour, with reference to your wellness plan and relevant theory.
Introduction guidance
Firstly, you need to provide a brief introduction to what you intend to cover in this assignment (written in the third person).
Exercise and Health Behaviour
Here you should compare and contrast two or three definitions of health and wellbeing, using academic resources to provide your definitions. Secondly, explain what is meant by a 'health behaviour'.
Select one specific example of a type of health behaviour and discuss the evidence concerning its harmful OR enhancing impact on health.
This should be both on an individual level (for example, evidence showing how exercise affects an individual health and wellbeing) and also on a national level (for example, UK statistics about the costs of sedentary behaviour to the NHS each year in terms of avoidable treatments).
This should be one example of a health behaviour you discussed in your action plan. Write this section in the third person.
Psychological influences on health behaviour
Discuss how psychological theories can be used to explain behaviour, when planning to change the health behaviour, implementing that change and maintaining that change. Use one of the following:
Discuss how psychological theories can be used to explain behaviour, when planning to change the health behaviour, implementing that change and maintaining that change. Use one of the following:
Health Beliefs Model
Theory of Planned Behaviour,
Lewin's change theory
Start by explaining the theory (third person) in relation to your chosen health behaviour, using academic resources to support your points.
Then, use the psychological theory to explain why you are likely or unlikely, meet the desired outcomes in your action plan (first person). Consider here your progress in changing your own health behaviour, and whether you are likely to meet the desired outcomes in the action plan, considering any enablers and barriers that you discussed in your action plan that you might encounter.
Conclusion
This is a summary of you have included in the assignment. It only needs to be a brief overview of the areas you have discussed, and an outline of how useful the psychological theories/ models have been in explaining the reason for a change in health behaviour. You are saying that "this assignment has..." to tie up the different strands of the assignment. Please write this in the third person.