Promoting behavior change: making healthy choices in wellness and healing choices in illness - use of self-determination theory in nursing practice
Johnson, V.D.
Nursing Clinics of North America 42(2): 229-241 Vi
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-6465 PMID: 17544680 DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2007.02.003Document Number: 292998
This article explores more efficacious strategies for holistic nurses to promote healthy behavior choices in their clients. It presents an overview of self-determination theory (SDT) and describes research evidence that supports the application of SDT to promoting healthy behavior change in clients. When nurses act in ways that support clients' innate needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, clients may be more successful at internalizing self-regulation and more inclined to adopt and maintain lifelong behavioral changes. Some examples of nursing interventions to motivate behavior change are outlined in this article.
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