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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Transtheoretical Model of Change"”.
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Testing the transtheoretical model of change in young adult male smokeless tobacco users
Oklahoma is one of the states with high tobacco use rates among adolescents and young adults. Prevalent among adolescent and young adult males is the use of SLT. Among high-school age smokeless tobacco (SLT) users in Oklahoma, 36% began before the age of 13, resulting in profound addiction. The …
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Investing For Your Future: Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Investing Behavior
The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change was used to assess change in investing behavior among Investing For Your Future home-study course participants. The goal of Investing For Your Future is to help people improve their personal finance behaviors leading to financial security in later life. …
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The Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Self-care Behaviors in Type 2 Diabetics
<p><strong>Background.</strong> The Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) has been investigated as a model of health behavior change; however, it has only begun to gain recognition in the diabetic population, and has not yet been investigated as it relates to the full-spectrum of diabetes …
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Effects of a Collegiate Employee Wellness Program on Participant Perceived Wellness and the Transtheoretical Model of Change: Voices of Participants
<p>With rising costs of healthcare, due to high counts of obesity and chronic diseases, employers are exploring ways to have healthier and more productive employees by implementing wellness programs. Previous studies conducted on wellness programs and physical activity interventions took place at …
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Conscientiousness and the Transtheoretical Model of Change in Exercise: Integrating Trait and Social Cognitive Frameworks in the Prediction of Behavior
… between conscientiousness-related traits and transtheoretical model (TTM) of change constructs, exercise self-efficacy, and exercise behavior were examined concurrently and prospectively in college and community samples (N&barbelow; = 613) using self-reported and observer ratings. Measures of …
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Individual Behavior Change in the Context of Organization Change: Towards Validation of the Transtheoretical Model of Change in an Organizational Environment
A review of literature indicates limited effort to understand and explain employees' acclimation to, and adoption of, new behaviors required by organization change initiatives. Psychological theories of individual behavior change have, in restricted instances, been applied into organizational …
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The experience of successful smoking cessation: A phenomenological inquiry
… health issue and despite efforts, prevalence of smoking has not decreased in accordance with national goals. This study utilized a phenomenological approach to describe women's experience of successful smoking cessation. Pender's Health Promotion Model (1996) and Prochaska and DiClementes' …
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Learning from the Lived Experience of Addicts in Recovery: How to Obtain and Retain Recovery
<p>The devastation of addiction and the transformation of recovery are best explained by experienced experts - the recovering addicts themselves. In this phenomenological study nine participants with over seventeen years of abstinence describe their journey from addiction to recovery. Two theories …
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Financial Saving Behavior: The Relationship Between Incremental Theory, Perceptions of Future Self, Financial Literacy, and Saving Behavior Change
… asset acquirement across the U.S. population is of great social, economic, and political concern as the American middle class is decreasing rather than expanding. Savings are a critical component in financial management. A variety of social psychological factors underlie financial saving …
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An analysis of transtheoretical stages of change in the formation of a spiritual discipline
This study explored the degree to which the Transtheoretical 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. …
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Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives
… qualitative study investigated the constructs of change within the action and maintenance stages of 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 …
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Change and Recovery from Substance Misuse: Native American Perspectives
… qualitative study investigated the constructs of change within the action and maintenance stages of 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 …
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Assessing College Students Readiness To Change Alcohol Use Behavior Related to Perceptions of Alcohol Effects on Sexual Assault
The incidence of sexual assault on the college campus has not declined for women despite a national decline in violent crime. Binge drinking continues to be an issue on college campuses and has been directly associated with the increased the risk of sexual assault. The lack of programming …
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The [Re]Construction of a Learner Self: A Phenomenological Study with Youth and Young Adults Postinvolvement in Criminal Behaviour
… research study had as its focus the concept of „self as learner‟ as an internal, complex process of self-discovery within human experience. It sought to illuminate, firstly, the meanings youth and young adults who had engaged in criminal behaviour and been unsuccessful in the K – 12 system …
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The validity and reliability of the violence risk scale-youth version (VRS-YV)
… reliability, and psychometric properties of a newly developed violence risk assessment and treatment planning measure for youth – the Violence Risk Scale-Youth Version (VRS-YV; Lewis, Wong, & Gordon, 2004). Composed of 4 static and 19 dynamic items, the VRS-YV is designed to assess …