Health Value in Developmental Perspective

The present research is devoted to the explanation models of health related behaviors in child health psychology. The empirical model of Health Value (which consists of cognitive, emotional and motivational elements) is presented. Analysis of Health Value and cognitive representations about factors influencing health is conducted. To study the influence of socio-cultural context on HV, cross-cultural analysis between Russian and American adolescents was performed and revealed differences in structure of cognitive representations about health among adolescents.