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TL;DR: A brief 24-item paper and pencil measure was constructed to study the decision-making process in smoking cessation and the Decisional Balance Scale appears to be a powerful construct of potentially wide application in behavior change.
Abstract: The Decisional Balance Sheet of Incentives has been proposed by Janis and Mann (1977) as a general schema for representing both the cognitive and motivational aspects of human decision making. In this study, a brief 24-item paper and pencil measure was constructed to study the decision-making process in smoking cessation. Two scales were identified and labeled the Pros of Smoking and the Cons of Smoking. These scales were successful in differentiating between five groups representing stages of change in the quitting process. The two scales were also successful when employed as predictors of smoking status at a 6-month follow-up. The Decisional Balance Scale appears to be a powerful construct of potentially wide application in behavior change.
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TL;DR: The stronger the smoking habit, the less apt the smoker is to quit or maintain a nonsmoking status and smokers with higher incomes and more years of education are more likely than persons of lower socioeconomic levels to be successful in their self-change efforts.
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