Does Precontemplation Represent a Homogeneous Stage Category? A Latent Class Analysis on German Smokers

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 840-851

  Schorr, Gudrun ^a   Ulbricht, Sabina ^a   Schmidt, Carsten O ^a   Baumeister, Sebastian E ^b   Rüge, Jeannette ^a   Schumann, Anja ^c   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^d   John, Ulrich ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

latent class analysis; precontemplation stage; smoking; stages of change; subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 54849430936     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013037     Document Type: Article

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