Motivation for Sustaining Health Behavior Change

Amanda M. Brouwer is Associate Professor of Psychology at Winona State University, USA. She teaches social, health, and quantitative statistics to undergraduates and studies how psychosocial concepts such as identity and self-efficacy influence health behavior enactment. She has published in journals such as Self and Identity, Qualitative Health Research, The Diabetes Educator, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and Chronic Illness.

• 1. A Primer on Health, Health Behavior Change, and Identity 2. The Self-as-Doer: An Introduction Amanda M. Brouwer and Linda S. Houser-Marko 3. Creating Self-as-Doer Identities 4. Self-as-Doer Identity and Health Behavior Change within Non-clinical Populations .Self-as-Doer Identity and Health Behavior Change within Clinical Populations Amanda M. Brouwer and Katie E. Mosack 6. Recommendations for Using the Self-as-Doer Identity Amanda M. Brouwer and Katie E. Mosack

'What if successful people define themselves as verbs, not as nouns? As doers, not as objects? Amanda Brouwer skillfully illuminates how to use this technique to become a healthier eater, as well as an effective "doer" more generally.' —Kennon M. Sheldon, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA