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A model which is based on a theory that people don’t change at once but instead rely on multiple stages of readiness to change. Each stage in turn is associated with strategies for progressing through that stage.
Entry Term(s)
Stages of Change
Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
Previous Indexing
Models, Psychological (1992-2020)
Public MeSH Note
2021; for Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change see under Biobehavioral Sciences 2019-2020
History Note
2021; for Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change was under Biobehavioral Sciences 2019-2020
A model which is based on a theory that people don’t change at once but instead rely on multiple stages of readiness to change. Each stage in turn is associated with strategies for progressing through that stage.