Using the Four Tendencies to Promote Health Behavior Change
Understanding how we respond to expectations can better enable us with skills that help us change or make healthy behavior choices. Based on Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Four Tendencies (2017), we can use the personality profile quiz to examine how inner and outer expectations determines our behavior tendency (upholder, obliger, rebel, questioner). Understanding our tendency can help improve health behavior change outcomes. This presentation will explore the application of using an individual’s tendency in order to understand how each tendency affects health behaviors; how we can use tendency knowledge to promote healthy behavior choices and provide impact; and effective tendency strategies when working with students or clients.
Rubin, G. (2018). The four tendencies. London, United Kingdom. Hodder & Stoughton General Division.
Please take the four tendencies quiz prior to the presentation at https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/
In this fast-paced and high energy activity session attendees will be presented with a wide variety of standards-based activities and strategies to maximize participation, skill development, and success for all. The activities shared are sure to spark student interest and can be easily modified at any level for an active, challenging, and fun learning environment. Attendees will leave with ample activities & ideas that can be implemented right away to inspire lifelong movers.
