The core belief of consequences refers to our perception of how an illness will impact our life.Question 2Answera.Trueb.False

True or False? The consequences of an illness can be physical, like dealing with chronic pain and loss of mobility, and they can also be emotional, such as experiencing social isolation and stress.Question 1Answera.Trueb.False

Which of the following are the five core beliefs within the Self-Regulatory Model?Question 4Answera.Identityb.Perceived cause of illness and consequencesc.Curability and controllabilityd.All of the above

Individuals develop ________ to understand the causes of events and make the world more predictable.Question 13Answera.risk perceptionsb.health beliefsc.beliefs about controld.behavioral intentions

The first model proposes that perceived severity of health consequences from eatingunhealthy (called ‘Severity’ in the data file) and perceived susceptibility to health problemsin general (called ‘GenRisk’) both predict perceived risk for health consequences specific tounhealthy eating (called ‘EatRisk’). In turn, perceived risk for health consequences specificto unhealthy eating is thought to directly predict the extent to which an individual engagesin healthy eating (called ‘Behaviour’). It is argued further that level of health consciousness(called ‘Conscious’; operationalised as awareness of need to be healthy and level of focuson achieving this) is also predictive of engagement in healthy eating, independent ofEatRisk.

Illness beliefs play no role in the initiation and promotion of cancer.Question 5Answera.Trueb.False