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Predicting change in smoking status for self-changers.
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A general pattern emerged in which processes oriented more toward environmental events, such as dramatic relief and social liberation, tended to predict failure or no progress whereas more experientially oriented processes predicted progress.About:
This article is published in Addictive Behaviors.The article was published on 1985-01-01. It has received 507 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Smoking cessation & Behavior change.read more
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In search of how people change: Applications to addictive behaviors.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized research on self-initiated and professionally facilitated change of addictive behaviors using the key transtheoretical constructs of stages and processes of change.
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Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors
James O. Prochaska,Wayne F. Velicer,Joseph S. Rossi,Michael G. Goldstein,Bess H. Marcus,William Rakowski,Christine Fiore,Lisa L. Harlow,Colleen A. Redding,Dena Rosenbloom,Susan R. Rossi +10 more
TL;DR: Clear commonalities were observed across the 12 areas, including both the internal structure of the measures and the pattern of changes in decisional balance across stages.
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The Process of Smoking Cessation: An Analysis of Precontemplation, Contemplation, and Preparation Stages of Change.
Carlo C. DiClemente,James O. Prochaska,Scott K. Fairhurst,Wayne F. Velicer,Mary M. Velasquez,Joseph S. Rossi +5 more
TL;DR: This study tested the transtheoretical model of change that posits a series of stages through which smokers move as they successfully change the smoking habit, and results strongly support the stages of change model.
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Toward a Comprehensive Model of Change
TL;DR: In 1984, a group of researchers, theorists, and therapists gathered at an international conference in Scotland to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive model of change for the treatment of addictive behaviors as mentioned in this paper.
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In Search of How People Change: Applications to Addictive Behaviors
TL;DR: The authors summarizes research on self-initiated and professionally-trained individuals who intentionally change addictive behaviors with and without treatment, using self-training and self-awareness as a tool.
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Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
TL;DR: An integrative theoretical framework to explain and to predict psychological changes achieved by different modes of treatment is presented and findings are reported from microanalyses of enactive, vicarious, and emotive mode of treatment that support the hypothesized relationship between perceived self-efficacy and behavioral changes.
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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency
TL;DR: The centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism in human agency is discussed in this paper, where the influential role of perceived collective effi- cacy in social change is analyzed, as are the social con- ditions conducive to development of collective inefficacy.
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Stages and processes of self-change of smoking : toward an integrative model of change
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Decision Making: A Psychological Analysis of Conflict, Choice, and Commitment
Irving L. Janis,Leon Mann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a psychological analysis of conflict decision making, focusing on conflict, choice, and commitment, and conclude that conflict is a predictor of the likelihood of making a wrong decision.
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Transtheoretical therapy: Toward a more integrative model of change.
TL;DR: Prochaska et al. as mentioned in this paper studied how individuals change on their own compared with change in formalized treatments, and identified five basic processes of change, which can be applied at either the level of the individual's experience or environment.