The transtheoretical model posits that health behavior change involves progress through six
stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and …

Over the past few decades we have witnessed several phases in the development of
approaches aimed at ensuring that patients continue therapy for chronic conditions for long …

Welche psychologischen Prozesse sind für eine gesunde Lebensweise oder für riskante
Gewohnheiten verantwortlich? Im Blickpunkt der Neubearbeitung des Bandes steht …

Social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura 1986) has become a fundamental resource in
clinical, educational, social, developmental, health, and personality psychology. It has been …

Self-efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal
efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The …

Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success. Poor adherence
attenuates optimum clinical benefits and therefore reduces the overall effectiveness of …

This integrative study investigated the generalization of the transtheoretical model across 12
problem behaviors. The cross-sectional comparisons involved relationships between two …

Impetus for the transtheoretical approach came from several different sources. First and
foremost was a discontent with the state of affairs in psychotherapy theory, research, and …

Self-efficacy is an important mediating mechanism in advancing understanding of the
treatment of obesity. This study developed and validated the Weight Efficacy Life-Style …

The study examined associations between perceived stress and fat intake, exercise, alcohol
consumption, and smoking behaviors. Data were from surveys of 12,110 individuals in 26 …