Abstract

LANDEROS-OLVERA, Erick; PARRA-MALDONADO, Leidi  and  LOZADA-PEREZMITRE, Erika. Eclectic model for the construction of healthy behaviors: food and exercise. Index Enferm [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.1-2, pp.42-45.  Epub Oct 19, 2020. ISSN 1699-5988.

The theoretical models that explain health behaviors are diverse, however, there is not an eclectic model that explains how healthy lifestyles for exercise and nutrition are acquired from the cognitive point of view. It is here that the interaction of The Human Information Processing Theory (PHI) and The Connectionist Theory and Semantic Facilitation lead to self-description and healthy behaviors represented by self-care. The way in which knowledge is acquired that guides health behaviors, part of a sensory base under the main postulate of empiricism, all the stimuli that come from the external environment through the senses are processed in the brain giving meaning through a symbolic interaction that favors reacting accordingly. The purpose of this article is to present a proposal of a theoretical model of symbolic interaction as the basis of the semantic network that people use for their health care, as well as to understand how, from the cognitive point of view, self-description of a person is essential to perform or not self-care actions for health.

Keywords : Semantic network; Symbolic interactionism; Health; Self-care; Empiricism.