Aggressive Behaviour in a Case Study: Analysis and Application of the Health Belief Model

This case study analyzes the aggressive behavior of Emin and applies the Health Belief Model to explain his actions. It discusses the challenges faced by Emin's family, his aggressive behavior, and the application of the Health Belief Model. The study highlights the importance of understanding aggressive behavior and its impact on individuals.

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Summarize the case study briefly
The case study illustrated the story of Emin who immigrated to Germany with his parents and
engaged in illicit and addiction of drugs and sex resulting in a challenging situation. The story
started with Emin family having Bulgarian Turkish Origin and belonging from the ethnic
minority who used experience systematic and frequent rate of discrimination and also
marginalisation within the society of Bulgaria. Both Emin’s parent found it difficult to secure
employment after migrating in Germany due to their undergraduate educational backgrounds,
lack of proper training facilities and their difficulties for speaking German language. The case
study highlights how Emin experienced severed bullying due to his family’s socio economic
status which resulted him to end up having aggressive behaviour and addiction to drugs and
alcohol. His nature and degrading behaviour deteriorated his relationship with his parents
furthermore when it came in light that Emin was bisexual in nature. After becoming marginally
housed, Emin started smoking cannabis and taking substance injections; thus deteriorating his
health. Finally prior to his 16th birthday, Emin engaged to sexual acts that got frequent without
condoms for attracting higher payments. Emin was finally diagnosed with hepatitis B, HIV and
syphilis. Through out the study, it can thus be concluded that Emin, not knowing about the
consequences related to alcohol and other substances indulged in this heinous and illicit actions
that destroyed his childhood and future. Emin knew about the impact of not attending school and
classes after viewing the condition of is parents who were struggling to find employment in
Germany. While roaming around with the marginally housed young people who never bullied
him, Emin did not knew about the dangers that is involved in the profession of sex worker as a
minor and the effects of HIV/AODS and other sexually transmitted disease that have higher
chance to impact the body for not using condom.

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Description of the behaviour as described in case study
Aggressive behaviour is the impulsive and reactionary nature that generally results towards
breaking the societal and household rules or the law (Ttofi et al. 2016). According to research,
aggressive behaviour is generally unpredictable and violent in nature. Aggression and aggressive
behaviour is a challenge for the children with both the normal development and with
psychosocial disturbances. Aggression constitutes of the intended harm towards the other
individual in case the attempt towards the harm fails (Dodge et al. 2015). Aggressive behaviour
might be unintentional and intentional. As per the research study, aggressive behaviour within
the children is backed by emotional or physical harm towards others. It ranges from verbal abuse
to physical abuse involving harm to personal property. As described in the study, Emin reacted
by displaying frequent rate of aggressive behaviour or nature that resulted in some of the regular
rate of expulsions from his school. Some of examples of aggressive behaviour Emin showed
includes skipping school most of the days, initiation towards drinking habits on a regular basis
with people belonging from low socio economic backgrounds. Another trait of the aggressive
nature of Emin included his bisexual nature, his habit of smoking cannabis on a regular basis
together with some of the other substances like injection of the substance use. This effects of the
aggressive nature induced Emin towards major of the financial problems. Emin furthermore
engaged in sex working due to the cash shortage. This furthermore led him to get affected with
hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis.
Application of theory of behavioural changes for explaining behaviour is exercised.

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This section of the assignment will highlight over one of the theory of behaviour in relation to
the behaviour trait of Emin as discussed in the case study above. The Health Belief Model is the
cognitive model of behavioural theories that posits that nature of an individual is determined by
several of the beliefs regarding the threat towards the well-being and the outcomes together with
the effectiveness of specific behaviours and actions. The construction of the model feature the
concept related to self efficacy together with the beliefs related to actions (Reyes 2015). The
concept of perceived threat is basically at the core of the Health Belief Model linking the
readiness of a person for taking specific actions. In connection to the case study and the
behavioural traits of Emin, this particular theory can be linked (Farrell, et al. 2016). The theory
consist of two of the belief sets regarding the perceived vulnerability and susceptibility towards
specific threat and the seriousness related to expected consequences that might result from it.
One of the key components of the model is the individual’s perceived capacity towards adoption
of the behaviour or their self efficacy (Patterson, DeBaryshe and Ramsey 2017) . Finally the
theoretical model identifies two of the categories of the cue to action , internal and external. As
connected to the given case study, the internal types of the behavioural model is most relevant
targeting the aggressive behaviour and the degrading health status of Emin targeting the
symptoms of ill health.

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Figure : The Health Belief Model
Source - (Sallis, Owen and Fisher 2015)
The figure above illustrates the main elements of the Health Belief model. This mode is mostly
suited for the explanation or the prediction of the behavioural patterns.

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