University of Rhode Island

In search of how people change: Applications to addictive behaviors.

How people intentionally change addictive behaviors with and without treatment is not well understood by behavioral scientists. This article summarizes research on self-initiate...

Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: Toward an integrative model of change.

An integrative model of change was applied to the study of 872 Ss (mean age 40 yrs) who were changing their smoking habits on their own. Ss represented the following 5 stages of...

Transtheoretical therapy: Toward a more integrative model of change.

Transtheoretical therapy is presented as one alternative within the Zeitgeist seeking a synthesis for the increasing proliferation of therapeutic systems. From a comparative ana...

Systems of psychotherapy a transtheoretical analysis

Systematic and balanced, this comprehensive text uses a wealth of clinical case illustrations to help readers understand a wide variety of psychotherapies including psychoanalyt...

Stages of change in the modification of problem behaviors.

Stages of change in psychotherapy: Measurement and sample profiles.

Measuring processes of change: Applications to the cessation of smoking.

Subjects (A' = 970) representing five stages of smoking cessation (precontemplation, contemplation,action, maintenance, and relapse) were given a 65-item test measuring 10 basic...

Firm performance, corporate governance, and top executive turnover in Japan

Decisional balance measure for assessing and predicting smoking status.

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 d...

Self-change and therapy change of smoking behavior: A comparison of processes of change in cessation and maintenance