On the Assessment and Analysis of Variables in the Health Action Process Approach: Conducting an Investigation
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Introduction The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) is a social-cognition model of health behavior suggesting that health behavior change is a process that consists of a motivational phase and a volitional phase. The motivational phase is the process in which an individual forms an intention to either adopt a precautionary action or change risk behaviors in favor of others. The subsequent volitional phase covers the processes of implementing intentions into actual behaviors, that is,
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