Open AccessSOCIAL-COGNITIVE FACTORS OF HEALTH CARE: INTENTION TO EXERCISE AS A START TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE / ԱՌՈՂՋՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՊԱՀՊԱՆՄԱՆ ՍՈՑԻԱԼ-ԿՈԳՆԻՏԻՎ ԳՈՐԾՈՆՆԵՐԸ. ՄԱՐԶՎԵԼՈՒ ՄՏԱԴՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ՝ ՈՐՊԵՍ ԱՌՈՂՋ ԱՊՐԵԼԱԿԵՐՊԻ ՄԵԿՆԱՐԿ
Author(s) -
Anna Hakobjanyan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hogekan aroghjut'yan haykakan handes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1829-202X
DOI - 10.55436/1829202x-12.2021.2-47
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , smoking cessation , quit smoking , healthy eating , social cognitive theory , physical activity , health behavior , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , physical therapy , environmental health , pathology
The article presents research data from the study of the regulation of healthbehaviors. The aim is to show how self-regulation, social-cognitive factors, in particular, how the intentions to healthy eating, quit smoking and exercise are interconnected and how it is possible to form a healthy lifestyle, taking into account that interconnection.The article discusses the health behavior studied in the field of health psychology - one of the modern fields of psychology, and within the framework of the presented study, the health significance and analysis of three behaviors: healthy eating, smoking cessation, and exercise. The research was conducted by questionnaire-testing methods, an authorial questionnaire was developed and used to study the intentions of the mentioned behaviors and social-cognitive factors.According to the results, exercise intentions are correlated with healthy eating and smoking cessation intentions, which are revealed by correlation analysis.The results of the study suggest that the formation of exercise intentions, respectively, the regulation of exercise behavior through the internal, cognitive factors of a person can play a significant role in the development of a healthy lifestyle.