A number of social cognition models have been developed to account for socio-
demographic variations in health behaviour. This paper distinguishes between:(a) …

This reprinted article originally appeared in American Psychologists, 2004, Vol 59 (4), 224-
235.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2004-14303-002.) …

This article provides a comprehensive summary of the research on the basic constructs of a
model that helps us understand self-initiated and professionally assisted changes of …

This is the authoritative, bestselling guide that professionals and students turn to for a
complete introduction to motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating …

Self-efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal
efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The …

Traditionally smoking cessation studies use smoker and nonsmoker categories almost
exclusively to represent individuals quitting smoking. This study tested the transtheoretical …

Impetus for the transtheoretical approach came from several different sources. First and
foremost was a discontent with the state of affairs in psychotherapy theory, research, and …

In this article the authors introduce the SOCRATES (Stages of Change Readiness and
Treatment Eagerness Scale), describing how it was developed, and presenting the results of …

Excessive drinkers (141) identified in medical settings who were not seeking help for an
alcohol problem completed a questionnaire based on Prochaska and DiClemente's stages …

The transtheoretical model (TTM) offers an integrative framework for understanding and
intervening with human intentional behavior change. There are 3 organizing constructs of …