Affect and Decision-Making for Cancer-Related Behaviors

癌症相关行为的影响和决策

• 批准号: 7037290
• 负责人: MARC T KIVINIEMI
• 金额: $ 10.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-12 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7037290
• 关键词: behavior; cancer prevention; clinical research; decision making; emotions; health; health behavior; model; neoplasm /cancer; role

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alleviating cancer mortality depends in part on achieving significant changes in behavior. Doing so requires a solid understanding of how and why individuals choose to engage in particular health behaviors. The primary objectives of this Research Career Award are: 1) to enable Dr. Kiviniemi to gain the additional skills and experience needed to become a successful independent cancer prevention and control researcher, and 2) to examine the role of affective associations with cancer-related health behaviors in individuals' health decision-making and behavioral practices. The career training component of the award address four areas: 1) breadth and depth of knowledge of cancer prevention and control; 2) theory and methodology relevant to behavioral decision-making; 3) methods related to field-based data collection, especially multilevel analyses of repeated measures and intra-individual data; and 4) research and statistical methodologies relevant to design and testing of theory based health interventions. The research plan examines the role of affect in decisions about engaging in health behaviors. The central hypothesis is that individuals will be more likely to engage in health behaviors to the extent that they associate positive affect with the behaviors. This central hypothesis will be examined by pursuing research related to three specific aims: 1) examination of affective influences on behavior; 2) development of integrative theoretical models of affective and cognitive processes involved in health decision-making; and 3) development and testing of behavior-change interventions incorporating affective associations with behaviors. These aims will be achieved using a combination of survey, experimental, longitudinal, and intervention studies. This work has the potential to impact both health decision-making research and practical health promotion applications.

描述（由申请人提供）：降低癌症死亡率部分取决于行为上的显着改变。这样做需要充分了解个人如何以及为何选择从事特定的健康行为。该研究职业奖的主要目标是：1) 使 Kiviniemi 博士获得成为一名成功的独立癌症预防和控制研究员所需的额外技能和经验，以及 2) 研究情感关联与癌症相关的作用个人健康决策和行为实践中的健康行为。该奖项的职业培训部分涉及四个领域：1）癌症预防和控制知识的广度和深度； 2）与行为决策相关的理论和方法； 3）与实地数据收集相关的方法，特别是重复测量和个体内部数据的多层次分析； 4）与基于理论的健康干预措施的设计和测试相关的研究和统计方法。该研究计划探讨了情感在参与健康行为的决策中的作用。中心假设是，如果个人将积极影响与行为联系起来，他们就更有可能从事健康行为。这一中心假设将通过与三个具体目标相关的研究来检验：1）检验情感对行为的影响； 2）发展健康决策中涉及的情感和认知过程的综合理论模型； 3) 开发和测试将情感与行为联系起来的行为改变干预措施。这些目标将通过调查、实验、纵向和干预研究的结合来实现。这项工作有可能影响健康决策研究和实际的健康促进应用。