Personalidad, procesos psicológicos e intención de cambio de conductaimplicaciones para el desarrollo de conducta saludable

  1. Lasa Aristu, Amaia
  2. Bermúdez Moreno, José
  3. Contreras Felipe, Antonio
Revista:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Año de publicación: 2002

Volumen: 1

Número: 2

Páginas: 151-164

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/AP.1.2.549 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Acción psicológica

Resumen

En esta investigación se analizó la utilidad de variables de personalidad y de los procesos psicológicos sugeridos en el Modelo de Creencias sobre la Salud y en la Teoría de la Conducta Planificada, para predecir la Intención de llevar a cabo distintas formas de conducta saludable. La muestra estuvo formada por 232 sujetos, 174 mujeres y 58 hombres. Los resultados pueden resumirse como sigue: (a) la intención de conducta parece determinada básicamente por la balance coste-beneficio sobre la misma; (b) existen diferencias importantes entre los factores determinantes de la intención de conducta, en función de la naturaleza específica de la conducta a desarrollar; (c) las variables de personalidad parecen tener escasa relevancia para predecir la intención de conducta. En la discusión se sugiere la reinterpretación de estos resultados en términos sociocognitivos y se apuntan posibles vías de integración entre variables de personalidad y procesos psicológicos, a la hora de explicar el desarrollo de intención de conducta saludable.

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