کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3814568 1246023 2011 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Toward a new methodological paradigm for testing theories of health behavior and health behavior change
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Toward a new methodological paradigm for testing theories of health behavior and health behavior change
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTraditional theory testing commonly applies cross-sectional (and occasionally longitudinal) survey research to test health behavior theory. Since such correlational research cannot demonstrate causality, a number of researchers have called for the increased use of experimental methods for theory testing.MethodsWe introduce the multi-methodological theory-testing (MMTT) framework for testing health behavior theory.ResultsThe MMTT framework introduces a set of principles that broaden the perspective of how we view evidence for health behavior theory. It suggests that while correlational survey research designs represent one method of testing theory, the weaknesses of this approach demand that complementary approaches be applied. Such approaches include randomized lab and field experiments, mediation analysis of theory-based interventions, and meta-analysis.ConclusionThese alternative approaches to theory testing can demonstrate causality in a much more robust way than is possible with correlational survey research methods. Such approaches should thus be increasingly applied in order to more completely and rigorously test health behavior theory.Practice implicationsGreater application of research derived from the MMTT may lead researchers to refine and modify theory and ultimately make theory more valuable to practitioners.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Patient Education and Counseling - Volume 82, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 468–474
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