How Social Determinants and a Person's Prior Experiences Impact Behavior Change

MAPPING THE SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY
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June 3, 2021
Many elements and theories have been developed to pin identify a certain human behavior, and individuals who research these aspects are usually referred to as psychologists who are experts in understanding how human minds operate. Instilling expectancies, self-efficacy, and employing observational learning and other rewards to effect behavior change are all part of the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Individual experiences, other people's actions, and environmental circumstances all have an impact on people's health habits, according to SCT CITATION Rur \l 1033 (Rural Health Information Hub, n.d.). In SCT, mapping entails writing out all of the aspects that impact an individual's lifestyle and, in result, his or her psychological health. SCT takes into account the particular ways in which people learn and sustain behaviors, as well as the social context in which they do so.
In the scenario presented in Module 3, a lack of physical exercise causes the children to become overweight, which may have long-term consequences for their health. Of course, it is not the children's fault that they do not live a physically active lifestyle; rather, it is their surroundings that push them to do so. SCT focuses on an individual's surroundings and how it affects their health for the better or for the worse. Overall, the scenario centered on identifying many elements and perspectives that contribute to youngsters being overweight.
By presenting a scenario that demonstrates a person's interpersonal health behavior, I have produced a circumstance that I believe effectively illustrates how a person's environment may influence their health in various ways. In the midst of a pandemic, the government has banned all outdoor activities, and children under the age of 14 are not permitted to go outside, restricting physical exercise. Jen, the 14-year-old girl's name, has nothing else to do with her time and has no choice but to spend it on social media. Her mother is frequently preoccupied at work as a result of the many changes that have occurred since the "new normal" began, and she has little or no time to supervise her daughter, while her father works overseas and will not be able to return home soon owing to travel restrictions. Jen began to develop an undesirable sleeping pattern as a result of her extensive use of her phone, and she became emaciated and underweight. We can see how Jen's environment influenced her physical health, which is closely linked to a person's interpersonal health behavior when they respond based on how their environment operates, whether consciously or subconsciously. This situation is extremely similar to the one in module 3 when the two children's surroundings had an unintentional long-term impact on their health.
First, Jen's present surroundings and state prevent her from engaging in any physical activity outside, since she is in the midst of a pandemic that is unavoidable but manageable with adult supervision. This means that any adult can compel or encourage her to undertake sports at home that do not need her to interact with others. And because Jen's mother is preoccupied with the "new normal" at her j...