The Role of Theory in Developing Effective Health Communications

By Martin Fishbein, Joseph N. Cappella. 2006

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Virtual Self-Modeling: The Effects of Vicarious Reinforcement and Identification on Exercise Behaviors (2009, methodology): “Although these treatments were successful, they did not incorporate relevant theoretical constructs that may influence health-related outcomes (Fishbein & Cappella, 2006).”
Attitudes, efficacy beliefs, and willingness to pay for environmental protection when travelling (2015, background): “Self-efficacy is assumed to be another important determinant of behavioural intentions, and indirectly, of actual behaviour (Fishbein and Cappella, 2006).”
Participatory Interventions for Sexual Health Promotion for Adolescents and Young Adults on the Internet: Systematic Review (2019, methodology): “In addition, strategies combining several theories and concepts may have a greater effect [57], as seen in the TeensTalkHealth intervention [58], which used the IMB model [7] combined with communication theory [59].”
The Contact Space: A Novel Framework for Intergroup Contact Research (2010, background): “There may interesting connections here between anticipatory variables and behavioral intentions in contemporary models of behavior change, at least when considered in terms of behaviors such as self-disclosure (Fishbein & Cappella, 2006).”
A Meta-Analysis of Web-Delivered Tailored Health Behavior Change Interventions (2013, background): “…on a number of theoretically relevant antecedent variables (e.g., self-efficacy, knowledge, attitudes, perceived norms, behavioral intentions, and readiness to change) hypothesized to improve conditions for behavior change (Bandura, 1998; Fishbein & Cappella, 2006; Prochaska & DiClemente, 1984).”
Media Effects: Theory and Research. (2016, background): “…in the notion that the more researchers know about the intervening variables (i.e. the underlying mechanisms) between exposure to programs and a given health behavior, the better they can develop an effective campaign or intervention to reinforce or change that behavior (Fishbein & Cappella 2006).”