1, cognition of disease susceptibility;
2. Cognition of the severity of the disease;
3. Recognize the benefits of adopting healthy behaviors;
4. Cognition of adopting healthy behavior disorder.
When individuals perceive that the severity of the disease is high, the susceptibility is high, the benefits of adopting healthy behaviors are many, and the obstacles to changing behaviors are few, healthy behaviors are most likely to occur. Its influencing and restricting factors refer to the factors that affect and restrict individuals to take preventive or healthy behaviors, including demographic and social psychological factors, such as age, gender, race, education level, occupation, etc.
Extended data:
The evaluation of the severity of the disease includes two overlapping dimensions: the personal consequences caused by the disease, including the severity of pain, the possibility of skill damage and the probability of death; Social consequences caused by the disease: including the impact on the current family, job loss, emotional pain of the whole family and social relations.
The resulting fear. This belief may be the motive factor that makes health problems seem very important. Those who think that smoking will lead to lung cancer and death may have the motivation to quit smoking. However, sometimes we find that according to people's understanding of the severity of the disease, they don't seem to engage in preventive behavior more often.