PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Psychiatric Association, Transtheoretical Model
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Identifies stages people go through when adopting a new behaviour or changing their behaviour. Function is for clinical or applied setting in research. May not be able to change a bad habit all at once. Stage of change must be acknowledged and intervention designed accordingly. There is some grey area in the action stage: could involve quitting smoking or cutting down, depends on the goal. Fifth stage: relapse is expected, worry about social pressure/expectation. The utility of the model is identifying which stage the person and tailoring the support/intervention that they need. If you target someone in the maintenance stage, it"s pointless. Having social support and a toolkit to deal with relapse is really important method of helping people overcome that. *relapse: has had one over 2 years ago but no plan. *relapse risk: has had one in past 2 years, but no plan. Identify at which stage the woman switches from the precontemplation to the contemplation stage.
