Is contemplation a separate stage of change to precontemplation?

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Balmford, James ^a,b   Borland, Ron ^a   Burney, Sue ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contemplation; Precontemplation; Smoking cessation; Stages of change; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTEMPLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECONTEMPLATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 45949085645     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705500801929791     Document Type: Article

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