Health coaching is a multidisciplinary concept.
However, this analysis found variation in articulated
definitions of the concept among and between disciplines.
Additionally, a lack of clarity was identified in
psychology literature regarding how the concept of
health coaching differs from that of coaching or personal
coaching. This may be explained by the pervasiveness
of health within the life experience: health
impacts all areas of one’s life; all areas of one’s life have an impact on health. Even so, conceptual clarity
is needed for theory-based application and meaningful
testing of a concept. This review of professional literature
indicated that health-focused is indeed one of the
defining attributes of health coaching. Six additional
attributes were also identified, thereby suggesting that
health coaching is a goal-oriented, client-centered
partnership that is health-focused and occurs through
a process of client enlightenment and empowerment.
This operational definition and the proposed empirical
measures of each attribute can be used to validate the
presence of health coaching, develop theory-based
applications, and consistently test the effectiveness of
interventions using this concept.
Health coaching is a multidisciplinary concept.However, this analysis found variation in articulateddefinitions of the concept among and between disciplines.Additionally, a lack of clarity was identified inpsychology literature regarding how the concept ofhealth coaching differs from that of coaching or personalcoaching. This may be explained by the pervasivenessof health within the life experience: healthimpacts all areas of one’s life; all areas of one’s life have an impact on health. Even so, conceptual clarityis needed for theory-based application and meaningfultesting of a concept. This review of professional literatureindicated that health-focused is indeed one of thedefining attributes of health coaching. Six additionalattributes were also identified, thereby suggesting thathealth coaching is a goal-oriented, client-centeredpartnership that is health-focused and occurs througha process of client enlightenment and empowerment.This operational definition and the proposed empiricalmeasures of each attribute can be used to validate thepresence of health coaching, develop theory-basedapplications, and consistently test the effectiveness ofinterventions using this concept.
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