Do transtheoretical model measures predict the transition from preparation to action in smoking cessation?

C J Segan; R Borland; Ken Greenwood

doi:10.1080/0887044022000004911

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Do transtheoretical model measures predict the transition from preparation to action in smoking cessation?

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Do transtheoretical model measures predict the transition from preparation to action in smoking cessation?

C J Segan, R Borland and Ken Greenwood

Psychology & Health, Vol.17(4), pp.417-435

2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0887044022000004911

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Abstract

smoking cessation

quit attempts

transtheoretical model

stage of change

self-efficacy

smoking Interventions

This study tested the predictive value of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) for the preparation to stage action transition by conducting a detailed examination of changes in TTM components in the days leading up to, and following, a planned quit attempt. Participants were 193 callers to a Quitline telephone service. Only limited support for the TTM was found. Consistent with the TTM, measures of self-efficacy were related to making an attempt and to achieving 7 + days of abstinence. Contrary to the TTM, the behavioral change processes were unrelated to making quit attempts and to short-term abstinence, with the exception of self-liberation, which is conceptually related to self-efficacy. New non-TTM measures assessing commitment to quitting were predictive of outcomes. The results provide strong support for the preparation to action transition being discontinuous, and thus consistent with a stage model. However, they bring into question many of the other postulates of the TTM. Further critical testing and evaluation of the TTM is required.

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Title: Do transtheoretical model measures predict the transition from preparation to action in smoking cessation?
Authors: C J Segan (Author) - La Trobe University
R Borland (Author) - VicHealth Centre of Tobacco Control
Ken Greenwood (Author) - La Trobe University
Publication details: Psychology & Health, Vol.17(4), pp.417-435
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2002
DOI: 10.1080/0887044022000004911
ISSN: 0887-0446
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450477402621
Output Type: Journal article

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