Applying the transtheoretical model to a representative sample of smokers

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(94)00062-X

Addictive Behaviors

Volume 20, Issue 2, March–April 1995, Pages 189-203

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Abstract

Interrelationships among key constructs of the Transtheoretical Model are examined for the first time on a large (N = 4,144) representative sample of smokers. The posited relationships between the early Stages of Change (Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation) and the Processes of Change, Decisional Balance, and Situational Temptation are generally supported. Precontemplators are found to use the Processes of Change the least and those in Preparation use them the most. Precontemplators also have the least negative attitudes toward their smoking behavior. Precontemplators and Contemplators are tempted to smoke in more situations than those in Preparation. Precontemplators are also the most addicted to smoking, followed by those in Contemplation and Preparation, respectively, when examined on traditional measures of smoking behavior. The implications for smoking cessation efforts are also discussed.

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Applying the transtheoretical model to a representative sample of smokers☆

Abstract

Addictive Behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

A new incremental fit index for general structural equation models

Sociological Methods of Research

The scientific rationale for comprehensive, community-based, smoking control strategies

Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences

Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests

Psychometrika

Approaches directed to the social environment

The process of smoking cessation: An analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Self-efficacy and the states of self-change of smoking

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Structural Confirmation of Short Form Instruments for the Transtheoretical Model

The new emphasis in cancer control

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Decision making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice and commitment

Stages of smoking cessation: The 1990 California Tobacco Survey

Tobacco Control

Telephone sampling methods in the United States

Measures of strength of association: A comparative examination

Journal of Applied Psychology

Health promotion and disease prevention: United States, 1990