PSY 605 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Health Promotion, Transtheoretical Model, Decisional Balance Sheet

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 605
• Professor: Trevor Hart

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The transtheoretical model of behaviour change (ttm)- model that states that health behaviour change involves the progress through 5 stages of change, 10 processes of change, decisional balance (the pros and cons of change), self-efficacy, and temptation. The 6 stages of chain of the ttm includes: precontemplation. Being uninformed or under-info(cid:396)(cid:373)ed a(cid:271)out the (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es of o(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) (cid:373)ay (cid:272)ause a. People in this stage are not intending to take action in the foreseeable future person to be in this stage. People in this stage are characterized as resistant, unmotivated, or not ready for health promotion programs: contemplation. The stage in which people are intending to change in the next 6 months. People are more aware of the pros of changing but are also aware of the cons the weighting between pros and cons can cause people to be stuck in this stage for long periods of time. The stage where people are intending to take action in the immediate future.