The measure of stage of readiness to change: Some psychometric considerations

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-186

  Morera, Osvaldo F ^a   Johnson, Timothy P ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Parsons, Jennifer ^a   Crittenden, Kathleen S ^a   Flay, Brian R ^a   Warnecke, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031812249     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.10.2.182     Document Type: Article

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