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Is stage-of-change a useful measure of the likelihood of smoking cessation?
- Source :
- Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 18:79-86
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1996.
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Abstract
- We compared two stage-of-change models that differentiate smokers by their level in the quitting process. The original 1983 model by Prochaska and DiClemente (1) divided smokers first by relapse status and then by intention to quit; their revised 1991 model (2) reversed the primacy of these factors. No published data justify whether the revision improves prediction of cessation. We used data from a population-based panel of 1,921 smokers interviewed in 1990 and 1992 for the California Tobacco Surveys. Model variables (quitting intention and recent quitting history) were used in a logistic regression to predict 30-day or longer cessation at follow-up and quit attempts made during the year preceding the survey. Predictive power of the revised model was not better than predictive power of the original model. New approaches to differentiating smokers on likelihood to quit should emphasize quitting behavior rather than intention to quit.
- Subjects :
- education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_treatment
Population
Stage of change
Logistic regression
medicine.disease
Intention to quit
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health psychology
behavior and behavior mechanisms
medicine
Predictive power
Smoking cessation
education
Addictive behavior
Psychology
Social psychology
General Psychology
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15324796 and 08836612
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Behavioral Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f275611f4091b9cb062abd9a0916845e