There is strong empirical and theoretical evidence in psychology that human development follows a stage-like progression throughout the lifespan. Development is marked by relative stability, punctuated by periods of rapid and profound conceptual change. However, the driving forces behind these bursts of change are poorly understood. In this paper I examine a growing body of evidence that develo...

The benefi ts of regular exercise to one’s physical health are widely known. Besides its benefi ts to physical health, exercise is also effective for improvements to both mental health and quality of life [Takenaka, (1998, 1999)]. However, although those benefi ts are recognized, it is not easy to continue regular exercise practices. In Japan, it is less than 30% of the total population those w...

designers have increasingly used the capacity of design to influence human behavior and consequently to address the challenges that our society faces. one of these challenges is the rise of ‘lifestyle diseases’, such as obesity and diabetes. a change towards a more healthy lifestyle could in many cases prevent or diminish such diseases, which would reduce demands and costs in care. moreover, it...

Purpose: This study examined the relationships of a readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain, measured by the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire (PSOCQ), with other pain-related scales in patients attending a chronic pain management program and determined if these measures changed from admission to discharge. The PSOCQ consists of four stages: Precontemplation, Contemplati...

As a "thought experiment," the authors used a modified stages of change model for smoking to define homogeneous segments within various hypothetical populations. The authors then estimated the population effect of public health interventions that targeted the different segments. Under most assumptions, interventions that emphasized primary and secondary prevention, by targeting the Never Smoker...

BACKGROUND To investigate of physical activity distribution bases on stages of change among Isfahan University of Medical Sciences central part of Iran. METHODS Exercise behavior stages of change construct questionnaire were collected from 504 participants by using a convenience sample in May 2010. RESULTS 73.8% of subjects were in earlier stages of exercise behavior (Precontemplation, cont...

Prospective data from the California Tobacco Surveys (n = 2066) were used to perform a critical test of the Prochaska et al. (1991) stages of change model. When the stages of change model was used as a stand alone predictor, smokers in preparation at baseline were more likely to be in cessation at follow-up than smokers in pre-contemplation at baseline (ORadj = 1.9). When stage membership was c...

Current perspectives on compliance and involvement in treatment often overlook the fact that treatment occurs in the context of a process of change and not vice versa. Each individual moves at a unique pace through a series of stages of change and in a cyclical fashion over a substantial period of time. Treatment personnel and programs should recognize the diversity of stage status in their cli...

Stage theories of health behavior change assume that individuals pass through qualitatively different stages on their way to the adoption of health behaviors. Three common stages (preintention, intention and action) can be defined by stage transitions included in current stage theories and supported by evidence. The present study examines whether transitions between these stages can be predicte...

This article reports on the relations between depression and stages of change for smoking cessation. A convenience sample of 205 psychiatric outpatients (68% female, mean age 41) completed measures of depression Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders [PRIME-MD] and Beck Depression Inventory-II [BDI-II]), all transtheoretical model constructs related to smoking (stages and processes of chan...