Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 12, 2026

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[Concept Analysis of Volition for Health Behavior Practice in Patients with Chronic Disease]
1Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. lmj2564@hanmail.net.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to define and clarify the concept of volition for health behavior.
Methods:
For this study the process of Walker & Avant's concept analysis was used. Seventeen studies from electronic data basses met criteria for selection.
Results:
Volition can be defined by the following attributes: 1) planning, 2) maintenance of self-efficacy, and 3) self regulation. The antecedents of volition consisted of: 1) risk awareness, 2) outcome expectation, 3) perceived self-efficacy, and 4) social support. The consequences occurring as a result of volition were: 1) prevention of disability and complications, 2) improvement of functional ability, and 3) enhencement of quailty of life.
Conclusion:
Definition and attributes of volition identified by this results can be applied to develop measurements and intervention programs for chronic patients health behavior.
More Related Videos
06:28E-Patient Counseling Trial E-PACO: Computer Based Education versus Nurse Counseling for Patients to Prepare for Colonoscopy
Published on: August 1, 2019
11:21Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data
Published on: July 27, 2018
Related Concept Videos
Concepts of Health and Illness
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention II
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results...
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention I
The health belief model (HBM) attempts to predict health-related behavior in specific belief patterns. According to the HBM, a person's...
Levels of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
In primary prevention, actions taken before disease onset prevent the disease from...
Classification of Illness
An illness is a response to a disease in which the person's level of functioning is changed compared with a previous level. The general classification of illness includes acute and chronic.
Acute illness is severe...
Dimensions of Health and Illness