Sorrowing On Ttm

The TTM’s stages and behavioral change are conceptually defined as follows: Pre-contemplators are individuals who are either not thinking about changing their behavior or do not want to change their behavior. Contemplators, during this stage, individuals recognize that they have a problem. They weigh the pros and cons of the problem behavior versus improving it and begin to think about changing their behavior. Next, is the action stage in which individuals are implementing any change plan they may have developed and begin to modify their behavior. Finally, the maintenance stage,

which the individual focuses on incorporating the new improved behavior into his or her lifestyle (Mignon, S. I. 2015).

It is important to note that progression
Narrowing on TTM, a study was conducted to assess the motivation and readiness to change for weight management and control ( McConnaughy E.A., DiClemente,1998). One the other hand, a study of 155 adult subjects at outpatients setting were conducted to the reliability of stages of change in psychotherapy (Internal consistency reliability coefficients were calculated, in both studies, for each subscale. In both sides, the URICA resulted in good internal consistency with coefficient alphas ranging from 0.79 to 0.89 across the four subscales, even in follow-up studies. Thus, the results of the URICA study in outpatients’ settings yield that it is a reliable instrument for measuring stages of change in psychotherapy. Also, the weight management study focused on URICA’s construct validity. In this study and many others, construct validity of the URICA has been supported through factor and cluster analyses demonstrating that the subscales are associated with different behavioral profiles or changes. Moreover, there is consistent evidence supporting the transtheoretical four-factor structure of the URICA. Furthermore, the measurement tool showed a good predictive validity, in foreseeing attendance and weight-loss this study and another carried out by Prochaska et al, 1992). Additionally, the URICA can also be used to measure processes and outcome variables for a range of health and addictive behaviors. In fact, the tool demonstrated to be reliable in a study on 184 hospital staff members engaged in a 10-week treatment program for weight-control. However, most research literature reveals that the URICA scale does not account for the process of change