Behavior change ( stress)
Behavioral Modification Assignment Prompt: You will use the chapter assessments to choose a behavior that you would like to change. It is recommended that you use a behavior change of one of the behaviors that the assessments revealed you need most improvement on (stress, drugs, alcohol, weight management, exercise, etc). You will need to identify a negative health behavior in your life that you would like to improve. Part 1. Behavior Modification Essay: Identify a behavior that you feel would make the most significant impact in your health. Discuss why you believe changing this behavior will be impactful to your. health and wellness. Identify at least 8 specific goals you have for improving this behavior and explain how each goal will help you change the negative behavior. Then explain what barriers may stand in the way of you reaching each of those 8 goals. Then provide a detailed strategy or a plan of action for achieving each of the 8 goals and modifying the behavior. Part 2. Research: Find at least 3 scholarly, peer-reviewded references from the Highline Databases about the negative health behavior and use them to answer the 5 questions below in detail (separately from part 1). The references can be from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, that are on the Highline Database. 1. What effect does this negative health behavior have on a person’s health and wellness? 2. What is the typical cause for this negative health behavior? 3. What obstacles/barriers does a person face in trying to change this behavior? 4. What are the recommendations for changing this behavior? 5. What are your conclusions about this topic? (For instance, do you agree/disagree with the research and why? What does your own experience or background tell you about the topic?) References: You don’t need to print out any articles for this assignment. Instead, you must include a reference section with at least 3 references (the course text does not count as one). You can use whatever format you want for this, I just need to know the following things: Author, Article Name, Name of Source (book or magazibcqne name or website address).
