The health belief model

The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

1986 • 68,448 citations

The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

1986 • 64,210 citations

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

1977 • 36,868 citations

Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research

1975 • 35,468 citations

Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.

1977 • 31,678 citations

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

1957 • 21,402 citations

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

2017 • 18,931 citations

The Health Belief Model: A Decade Later

1984 • 7,794 citations

Historical Origins of the Health Belief Model

1974 • 5,177 citations

Social Learning Theory and the Health Belief Model

1988 • 4,950 citations

Discovering statistics using SPSS for Windows.

2000 • 2,742 citations

Sociobehavioral Determinants of Compliance with Health and Medical Care Recommendations

1975 • 1,558 citations

Self-Efficacy

2014 • 1,215 citations

The precaution adoption process.

1988 • 1,206 citations

Predicting health behaviour : research and practice with social cognition models

2005 • 1,205 citations

The precaution adoption process.

1988 • 1,031 citations

Predicting and Explaining Intentions and Behavior: How Well Are We Doing?

1998 • 994 citations

Self-efficacy in the adoption and maintenance of health behaviors: Theoretical approaches and a new model.

1992 • 818 citations

A meta-analysis of studies of the Health Belief Model with adults

1992 • 783 citations

Expectations and Actions

2021 • 690 citations

Instrument development for health belief model constructs

1984 • 669 citations

Selected Psychosocial Models and Correlates of Individual Health-Related Behaviors

1977 • 521 citations

The effects of computer-tailored smoking cessation messages in family practice settings.

1994 • 422 citations

A new approach to explaining sick-role behavior in low-income populations.

1974 • 360 citations

Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms

1994 • 322 citations

Motivational and Behavioral Effects of Modifying Health Beliefs

1970 • 215 citations

Psychosocial Determinants of Immunization Behavior in a Swine Influenza Campaign

1979 • 160 citations

Psychosocial factors in sunbathing and sunscreen use.

1987 • 159 citations

Why People Seek Dental Care: A Test of a Conceptual Formulation

1963 • 152 citations

Interventions targeted toward patients to increase mammography use.

1999 • 145 citations

Nutrition Education Worksite Intervention for University Staff: Application of the Health Belief Model

2003 • 143 citations

Psychosocial factors in sunbathing and sunscreen use.

1987 • 136 citations

Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Preventive Behaviors in Women: A Test of the Health Belief Model

2002 • 127 citations

Social cognition and social structure in the prediction of cervical screening uptake

1996 • 127 citations

Factors Associated with Condom use in Kenya: A Test of The Health Belief Model

2001 • 97 citations

The impact of patients' perceptions of high blood pressure on attendance at screening

1982 • 93 citations

The Effect of Income on Use of Preventive Care: An Evaluation of Alternative Explanations

1979 • 87 citations

Perceptions of threat, benefits, and barriers in breast self‐examination amongst young asymptomatic women

2001 • 86 citations

Strategies to Increase Mammography Utilization

1994 • 80 citations

Health beliefs and promotion of HIV-preventive intentions among teenagers: A Scottish perspective.

1992 • 76 citations

Adherence to colorectal cancer screening in mammography-adherent older women.

2003 • 74 citations

Psychological and Social Factors as Predictors of Medical Behavior

1976 • 57 citations

Health beliefs and promotion of HIV-preventive intentions among teenagers: A Scottish perspective.

1992 • 56 citations

Health Belief Model Intervention to Increase Compliance With Emergency Department Patients

1988 • 46 citations

Smoking cessation in women with cardiac risk: A comparative study of two theoretically based therapies

1999 • 44 citations

The use of diabetes-specific perceived control and health belief measures to predict treatment choice and efficacy in a feasibility study of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps

1987 • 36 citations

Factors which differentiate smokers from ex-smokers among cardiovascular patients: A discriminant analysis

1985 • 26 citations

Who Volunteers for a Breast Self-Examination Program? Evaluating the Bases for Self-Selection

1983 • 23 citations

SKIN CANCER PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS AMONG THE ELDERLY: EXPLAINING THEIR RESPONSE TO A HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM USING THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

1996 • 18 citations

An examination of the Health Belief Model when applied to Diabetes mellitus.

1994 • 4 citations