ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1999, this title covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education. It describes in depth the development and evaluation of a health education programme designed to enhance everyday health-related behaviours in an adolescent population, and offers comprehensive reviews of developmental theories of adolescence, ethical and theoretical issues in adolescent health education, and the major theories used in adolescent health research. The research presented here led to the development and testing of a new theory – the Theory of Salient Meanings of Behaviour – which departed from the cognitive theories that had thus far dominated adolescent health education and research, but which had often proved inadequate in describing and predicting adolescent health-related behaviour. The inception, growth, testing, and field testing of this new theory are traced here. The book is designed to appeal to both theoretical and applied scientists in the field of adolescent development, adolescent health and health education. A clear research methodology is set out for the complementary use of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|79 pages
Building a theoretical background
part Two|38 pages
Descriptive studies: Letting the subjects speak
part Three|46 pages
Quantitative studies: Formulating theory and understanding adolescent health
chapter Chapter Eight|12 pages
Personal incentives as determinants of adolescent health behaviour: The meaning of behaviour1
part Four|20 pages
Applied research: Changing adolescent health-related behaviour