Tristan Renaud is a Master’s student in health psychology. His thesis research centers around chronic disease management with a focus on the psychological and lifestyle transitions following a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
Tristan is currently exploring network analysis as a means to better understand the complex systems underlying behaviour change in the context of chronic disease management. His research uses insights from motivational, self-regulatory, goal pursuit and psychological distance domains.
Keywords: diabetes, behaviour change, self-regulation, diagnosis, motivation