Journal Post 2 - Stress and Control in your Behaviour Change

Journal Post 2 - Stress and Control in your Behaviour Change Order Description 33 Activity 5.2 Using your SMART goal, demonstrate how you can increase your internal locus of control across each of the five domains (Behavioural, Cognitive, Decisional, Informational, Retrospective). REFERENCES Wallston, K. A., Wallston, B. S. & DeVellis, R. (1978). Development of the multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC) scales. Health Education Monographs, 6, 160–170. Retrieved June 17, 2010 from <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/nursing/kwallston/A16.pdf>. Journal Post 2 - Stress and Control in your Behaviour Change Due date: Friday 10th April by 11:55pm Submitted to: “Journal Post 2 Submission” link on Moodle Format: Word or PDF format ONLY (other formats will not be marked) Word count: 750 word + 20% (900 words max) Part A Questions In Part A we want you to reflect on your progress towards your SMART goal since completing post 1 as either a video or audio file. The audio/video file is to be a maximum of two minutes in length. In your video or audio please discuss your weekly achievements, reflect on thoughts and feelings underlying these achievements and link back to key health behaviour change concepts / models / theories. See marking rubric for more detail on Part A. Part B Questions: Stress, locus of control and behaviour change 1. What causes you stress? Please list. 2. Evaluate the relationship between your health behaviour and your stressors. For example if you are feeling stressed how does that impact on your ability to adhere to your SMART goals. 3. Using the coping strategies discussed during the tutorial, list and evaluate the coping strategies you currently use to reduce your stress. Coping strategies need to be correctly identified, with correct terminology used. Please provide evidence of how you use a particular strategy. 4. Give your scores for Internal, Chance, and Powerful Others from the Locus of Control Scale we completed in class. Discuss your scores in relation to how much control do you feel you have over your SMART goal. Give evidence. 5. As discussed in the locus of control tutorial there are five domains of control beliefs (Behavioural, Cognitive, Decisional, Informational, Retrospective). Discuss how you could enhance your sense of control over your SMART goal for each of the five domains. AC T I V I T Y