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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Decisional Balance"”.

  1. Decisional Balance Scale: Restructuring a Measurement of Change for Adolescent Offenders

    … an additional component of the TTM, the Decisional Balance Scale for Adolescent Offenders (DBS-AO). This measure assesses movement through the stages of change and provides insight into mechanisms through which adolescent offenders attempt to change their criminal behaviors. Two hundred …

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  2. Change Process and Decisional Balance According to the Stages of Change for Mammography in Middle-Aged Women

    … mean differences of processes of change and decisional balance at each stage of change. Two hundread eighty six middle-aged women living in Gyunggi-Do were recruited from July 16 to August 31 in 2007. To identify the stage of change, I used a Rakowski’s single question which consisted of …

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  3. A Comparison of Stages of Adoption of Exercise and Decisional Balance for Exercise in Nurses and Non-Nurses

    … of this study was to explore the differences in Decisional Balance for Exercise and Stages of Adoption of Exercise between nurses and non-nurses and the investigate the correlation of Decisional Balance for Exercise and Stages of Adoption of Exercise within a group of nurses. Procedure. The study …

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  4. Comparison of Process of Change, Self-Efficacy, Decisional Balance and Personality by the Stages of Exercise Behavior in Middle-Aged Women

    본 연구는 범이론적 모델을 바탕으로 중년 여성의 운동행위 변화단계별 변화과정, 자기효능감, 의사결정균형 및 성격의 차이가 있는지를 알아보기 위한 조사 연구이다. 2009년 11월 1일부터 2주 동안 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 경기지역에 거주하는 중년 여성 272명을 임의표본추출하여 자료수집을 하였고 그 중 256명의 자료를 분석하였다. 운동행위 변화단계, 변화과정, 자기효능감, 의사결정 균형 및 성격이 측정되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS를 이용하여 기술통계, 분산분석 및 사후검정을 하였다. 연구결과, 변화단계별 10가지 변화과정은 …

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  5. The gray divide: a stage theory analysis of technology adoption by older adults

    … Model (TTM) constructs (i.e., stages of change, decisional balance pros and cons, and perceived computer self-efficacy) and general self-efficacy were assessed to determine if an older adult’s perceived self-efficacy was the reason for not adopting technology or if non-adoption was related to …

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  6. Evaluating the stages of behavior change model for use in diverse cultures: Hong Kong versus the United States

    … components: stages of change, self-efficacy, and decisional balance. The stages of change are used to determine intention and time frames for behavior change. The SBC model applies Bandura's (1977) definition of self-efficacy and Janis and Manns’ (1968, 1977) conflict theory of decision making. …

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  7. An analysis of transtheoretical stages of change in the formation of a spiritual discipline

    … Model of change (TTM) predicts the decisional balance (how pros weigh against cons), processes relied upon, and temptation response in the stages of change when the change in question is that of the development of a spiritual discipline. The TTM has been used primarily to describe …

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  8. Adapted Physical Education Enrollment Issues and Exercise Mediators for Students with Disabilities in San Diego County Community Colleges

    … semesters of college completed as well as the decisional balance score. Although highly intuitive, these findings suggest that the longer students are in school the greater their chance of completing some type of physical education course and those students who see more advantages than …

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  9. Unintended Pregnancy Prevention and Active Duty Women

    … program regarding knowledge, attitudes, decisional balance, self-efficacy, stages of change, and contraceptive use, and to identify independent variables most likely to predict behavior change in the use of contraceptives among single, active duty women during the 4-month study period. …

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  10. A Comparison of Perceptions of Selected Germanic Executives to Determine if Case-Study Analysis Education Affects Their Decision-Making Process

    … sections, as well as the section entitled Decisional Balance Education.</p><p>The Mann-Whitney U-Test program was used to test two different groups of executives on a single criterion to determine whether the two groups differed. All measurements were tested at the .05 level with two-tailed …

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  11. Effects of a Collegiate Employee Wellness Program on Participant Perceived Wellness and the Transtheoretical Model of Change: Voices of Participants

    … Wellness, Stages of Change, Self-Efficacy, Decisional Balance</em> and <em>Processes of Change Questionnaires</em> pre and post wellness program. Participants responded to open ended questions prior to the start of the program and completed weekly journal entries during the program 12-week …

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  12. Readiness for Inter-Institutional Collaboration Among Adventist Institutions of Higher Education in North America : Stages of Change

    … between stage and behavioral frequency, decisional balance, and self-efficacy. There is a significant relationship between stage of inter-institutional collaboration and the linear combination of decisional balance, self-efficacy, and behavioral frequency. However, there is no significant …

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  13. Physical Activity Stages of Change, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Needs and Interests of Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agents and Clientele

    … of self-efficacy (degree of confidence) and decisional balance (perceived benefits and barriers) are often used in conjunction with the stages of change for physical activity interventions to help individuals progress through the five stages of change. A survey was conducted among 243 Family …

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  14. A transtheoretical model intervention to help Greek students adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle

    … measured stages of change, processes of change, decisional balance and self-efficacy, which are the main components of the Transtheoretical model. These instruments assisted firstly with the implementation and secondly with the assessment of the intervention.The research hypotheses examined the …

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  15. Conscientiousness and the Transtheoretical Model of Change in Exercise: Integrating Trait and Social Cognitive Frameworks in the Prediction of Behavior

    … the benefits of exercise behavior (i.e., decisional balance), exercise self-efficacy, and self-reported exercise behavior. In addition, an intervening role was predicted for TTM constructs and exercise self-efficacy in the relationship between conscientiousness-related traits and exercise …

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  16. Pilot Study Of Safe Sisters: A Sexual Assault Prevention Program For Sorority Women

    … post-test. There was a significant difference in decisional balance (β = .655, 95% CI [.145, 1.16], p =.012), knowledge (β = 2.09, 95% CI [β = 1.55, 2.64], p =.000), and bystander self-efficacy (β = .343, 95% CI [.031, .655], p = .032) from pre-test to post-test. Participants in the treatment …

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  17. Applying the transtheoretical model to promote greater fruit and vegetable consumption: a successful approach to maintaining behavioral change

    … information, SOC, self efficacy (SE), and decisional balance (DB). One hundred fifty six (39%) responded to the survey. A total of 40 were selected from the first three stages, precontemplation (PC), contemplation (C), and preparation (P), and were assigned into two groups (PC/C and P) with …

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  18. Predicting termination and continuation status in shelter programs using the Transtheoretical Model with Hispanic battered women.

    … at domestic violence shelters. Self-efficacy, decisional balance, and acculturation were examined in relation to the applicability of this model with the Hispanic women population. One hundred and eight women residing in two shelters for survivors of domestic violence, located in the …

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  19. Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives

    … the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) and balance within the domains of the Medicine Wheel (MW). The guiding questions addressed: a) point of focus in sobriety and recovery phases within the domains of the MW, b) specific mechanisms at work, c) support systems, tools, temptations, …

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  20. Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives

    … the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) and balance within the domains of the Medicine Wheel (MW). The guiding questions addressed: a) point of focus in sobriety and recovery phases within the domains of the MW, b) specific mechanisms at work, c) support systems, tools, temptations, …

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