PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Smoking Cessation, Healthy Diet, Transtheoretical Model

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Drinking less alcohol v. going out with friends. Experiment in which people had to report their desires on a phone survey sent to them several times a day for a week. & health behaviors and health goals can clash with other important goals. & presence of temptations in the environment can interfere with health goals. & bad habits can get in the way. Precontemplation: person hasn"t thought about change or may have been decided against it. Contemplation: person is aware problem exists and is seriously considering change. Preparation: person is ready to try to change and plans to pursue a behavioral goal. Maintenance: person works to maintain successful behavioral changes. Relapse: person experiences a setback, reverts to old behaviour; Considered a part of the model, not failure. 40-50% of americans make new year"s resolutions. Found both in correlational and experimental studies. This does not change intentions, but strengthens the intention- behaviour relationship. High implementation intentions result in strong intention-behaviour results.

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