What would you do? A new approach to health competence based on situational judgment

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ID19279751
AuthorsMichael D Robinson (0000-0003-1429-9069, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo North Dakota, corresponding author), Michelle R Persich (0000-0001-5322-6685, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo North Dakota), Sukumarakurup Krishnakumar (0000-0002-3775-5306, Keck Graduate Institute Claremont California)
Year2020
Volume88
Issue4
Pages676-688
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jopy.12518
PMID31584706
OpenAlexW2978514823
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited47

OBJECTIVE: An advantage of the trait approach to health is that it implicates common elements to multiple different health behaviors. An advantage of the social-cognitive approach, in contrast, is that it models the situational factors that are likely to elicit particular behavioral reactions. The present research sought to combine the advantages of these two approaches. METHOD: A situational judgment method was developed to quantify general variations in health competence (HC) in terms of more specific responses to simulated health-challenging events. RESULTS: After developing the method, Study 1 showed that individual differences in HC were systematically related to approach-related coping tendencies and behaviors known to be health promoting. Study 2 then showed that variations in HC predicted both health behaviors and quality of life among older individuals. CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight a new form of HC that is not dependent on self-reports of ability

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Competence (human resources) · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Situational ethics · Trait · Aging and Gerontology Research · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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