Open AccessPredicting implementation of an empirically supported treatment for cancer patients using the theory of planned behavior.
Author(s) -
Stephen Lo,
Marlena M. Ryba,
Barbara L. Andersen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000794
Subject(s) - theory of planned behavior , operationalization , psychology , test (biology) , clinical psychology , control (management) , applied psychology , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , management , epistemology , economics , biology
There is a continuing gap between the availability of cancer control empirically supported treatments (ESTs) to address psychological needs of cancer patients and their dissemination to and implementation by providers in the community. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), with constructs of attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions, is used to understand the pathways to and prediction of providers' behavior, that is, implementation of a cancer control EST and its provision to patients.