Behaviour Change for Physical Activity

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF SELF DETERMINATION THEORY...........................................3
CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY.................................................4
CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MAINTENANCE OF BEHAVIOUR
CHANGE.........................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Behaviour changes can be referred to modification and transformation of human
behaviour. There are various kinds of behavioural changes theories that can be used to explain
reason because of which changes within human behaviour occur (Arnautovska and et.al., 2018).
These theories help in understanding major factors or characteristics that can further be used for
behavioural determination. Some of the most commonly used behavioural change theories are:
self-determination theory and social cognitive theory. These theories can be used for
understanding reason because of which behavioural changes within an individual occur for a
physical activity like 30 days Squat challenge. This assignment will lay emphasis upon critical
discussion of self-determination and social cognitive theory for understanding behaviour changes
within an individual in 30 days squat challenge, and consideration of factors influencing the
maintenance of behaviour change
CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF COM- B MODEL
COM- B model: It is a model which helps in identifying behaviour, this model is widely used
to determine change in behaviour of individual person (Rhodes and et.al., 2017). There are three
factors that are present in COM – B model i.e., capability, opportunity and motivation. This
model helps in motivating person to take initiative for doing physical activity and relaxing for
some time. COM – B model refers to capability, opportunity, motivation and behaviour (Gough
and et.al., 2020). It helps in identifying strengths, weakness, opportunity and threats that help an
individual person to make goals accordingly. Some of the major strengths of this model are: This
model determines how capable a person is to improve its health and complete squat challenge. It
motivates person to focus on accomplishing goals and objectives. Some of the major weaknesses
of this model are: sometimes, an individual gets demotivated as he or she is not able to identify
opportunity and they are not focusing on completing 30 day squat challenge.
CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF SELF DETERMINATION THEORY
There are some behaviour theories that can be used like, self-determination theory, social
cognitive theory and many more. Self determination theory is one of them. According to this
theory people are motivated to grow and change by universal psychological needs. (Brown and
et.al., 2020). For completing a squat challenge of 30 days a person should be self-determined