Factors that Influence Behaviour
Handout 1 - Module 4 Topic 3Factors that influence behaviour include the following:- Environment / life circumstances
- Peer groups
- Culture
- Knowledge and experience
- Beliefs
- Personality
- Emotions/feelings and attitudes
- Instincts
- Intelligence
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The following factors can hinder behaviour change:- Lack of control over one’s life or destiny
- Inability to express or act on what one needs or wants
- Lack of information
- Peer pressure
- Poor decision making skills
- Harmful cultural factors, such as the devaluation of girls
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