Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Three Measures of Stage of Change

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-371

  Napper, Lucy E ^a   Wood, Michele M ^b   Jaffe, Adi ^b   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Reynolds, Grace L ^a   Klahn, Jennifer A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

drug abuse; readiness to change; stages of change; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; READINESS TO CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE; STAGES OF CHANGE READINESS AND TREATMENT EAGERNESS SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND CHANGE ASSESSMENT; VALIDITY; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 53249100843     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.3.362     Document Type: Article

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