Fran Biel, MS
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Model is so flawed that it has held back
advances in HP
Need to find a new theory!
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Reflect observations about behavior change
Internally consistent
Generates useful ideas, predictions
Maps with sudden behavior changes
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Stage boundaries
◦ Example – alcohol cessation
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Assumption about plans
Disparate constructs in stages
Distracting
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Some evidence the model holds
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Statement of the obvious
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SOC as a security blanket
Jargon is meaningless
Promotes wrong intervention strategy
Limits scope of interventions
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New State of change model
◦ Motivational forces
◦ Motivational forces  new behavior pattern
THE THEORY OF TRIADIC INFLUENCE
Levels of
Causation
Intrapersonal Stream
Biological/Nature
BIOLOGY/
PERSONALITY
Ultimate
Causes
1
Social/
Personal
Nexus
2
Sense of
Self/Control
Distal
Influences
7
13
8
h
Skills:
Social+General
14
Proximal
Predictors
b
c
B
C
Others’
Beh & Atts
9
i
k
j
l m
u
d
e
n
16
SOCIAL
NORMATIVE
BELIEFS
o
11
w
20
q
Values/
Evaluations
x
v
6
Interactions w/
Social Instit’s
p
Perceived
Norms
15
5
f
10
Motivation
to Comply
s
CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT
4
Interpersonal
Bonding
19
A
Nurture/Cultural
3
SELF-EFFICACY t
BEHAVIORAL
CONTROL
Affect and
Cognitions
Cultural/Attitudinal Stream
SOCIAL
SITUATION
a
Social
Competence
g
Will: SelfDetermination
Expectancies
& Evaluations
Decisions
Social/Normative Stream
Information/
Opportunities
Knowledge/
Expectancies
17
F
18
ATTITUDES
TOWARD THE
BEHAVIOR
21
DECISIONS/INTENTIONS
D E
12
r
I
22
H
G
Trial Behavior
EXPERIENCES: Expectancies -- Social Reinforcements -- Psychological/Physiological
Experiences
23
J
K
Related Behaviors
8
THE THEORY OF TRIADIC INFLUENCE
Levels of
Causation
Intrapersonal Stream
Biological/Nature
BIOLOGY/
PERSONALITY
Ultimate
Causes
1
Social/
Personal
Nexus
2
Sense of
Self/Control
Distal
Influences
7
13
8
h
Skills:
Social+General
14
Proximal
Predictors
b
c
B
C
Others’
Beh & Atts
9
i
k
j
l m
u
d
e
n
16
SOCIAL
NORMATIVE
BELIEFS
o
11
w
20
q
Values/
Evaluations
x
v
6
Interactions w/
Social Instit’s
p
Perceived
Norms
15
5
f
10
Motivation
to Comply
s
CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT
4
Interpersonal
Bonding
19
A
Nurture/Cultural
3
SELF-EFFICACY t
BEHAVIORAL
CONTROL
Affect and
Cognitions
Cultural/Attitudinal Stream
SOCIAL
SITUATION
a
Social
Competence
g
Will: SelfDetermination
Expectancies
& Evaluations
Decisions
Social/Normative Stream
Information/
Opportunities
Knowledge/
Expectancies
17
F
18
ATTITUDES
TOWARD THE
BEHAVIOR
21
DECISIONS/INTENTIONS
D E
12
r
I
22
H
G
Trial Behavior
EXPERIENCES: Expectancies -- Social Reinforcements -- Psychological/Physiological
Experiences
23
J
K
Related Behaviors
9
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PRIME Theory of Motivation (West, 2006)