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Submissions from 2021

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An adaptive behavioral immune system: a model of population health behavior, Julian M. Saad and James O. Prochaska

Submissions from 2018

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Increasing Engagement in Advance Care Planning Using a Behaviour Change Model: Study Protocol for the STAMP Randomised Controlled Trials, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Steven Martino, Andrea Paiva, Lynne Iannone, Maria Zenoni, Laura A. Blakley, Joseph S. Rossi, and John O'Leary

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Community-based childhood obesity prevention intervention for parents improves health behaviors and food parenting practices among Hispanic, low-income parents, Laura Otterbach, Noereem Z. Mena, Geoffrey Greene, Colleen A. Redding, Anne S. De Groot, and Alison Tovar

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Rx for addiction and medication safety: An evaluation of teen education for opioid misuse prevention, Emily Patry, P. Bratberg, Ashley L. Buchanan, Andrea L. Paiva, Sara Balestrieri, and Kelly L. Matson

Submissions from 2016

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Extending Theory-Based Quantitative Predictions to New Health Behaviors, Leslie Ann D. Brick, Wayne Velicer, Colleen A. Redding, and Joseph S. Rossi

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Invariance of measures to understand decision-making for pursuing living donor kidney transplant, Leslie Ann Brick, Donya Sorrensen, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John D. Peipert, and Amy D. Waterman

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Longitudinal analysis of intervention effects on temptations and stages of change for dietary fat using parallel process latent growth modeling, Leslie A. Brick, Si Yang, Lisa L. Harlow, Colleen A. Redding, and James O. Prochaska

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Female Partner Acceptance as a Predictor of Men’s Readiness to Undergo Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia: The Spear and Shield Project, Ryan Cook, Deborah Jones, Colleen A. Redding, Robert Zulu, Ndashi Chitalu, and Stephen M. Weiss

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Development of Personalized Health Messages to Promote Engagement in Advance Care Planning, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John R. O'Leary, and Lynne Iannone

Submissions from 2015

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Reducing Sun Exposure for Prevention of Skin Cancers: Factorial Invariance and Reliability of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Sun Protection, Steve F. Babbin, Hui-Qing Yin, Joseph S. Rossi, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Replicating cluster subtypes for the prevention of adolescent smoking and alcohol use, Steven F. Babbin, Wayne F. Velicer, Andrea L. Paiva, Leslie Anne D. Brick, and Colleen A. Redding

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Predictors of relapse among smokers: Transtheoretical effort variables, demographics, and smoking severity, N. S. Gökbayrak, Andrea L. Paiva, Bryan J. Blissmer, and James O. Prochaska

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Comparing Visual and Statistical Analysis in Single-Case Studies Using Published Studies, Magadalena Harrington and Wayne Velicer

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Typology of alcohol users based on longitudinal patterns of drinking, Magdalena Harrington, Wayne F. Velicer, and Susan Ramsey

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Mediation analysis of decisional balance, sun avoidance and sunscreen use in the precontemplation and preparation stages for sun protection, Marimer Santiago-Rivas, Wayne F. Velicer, and Colleen A. Redding

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Cannabis Withdrawal Among Detained Adolscents: Exploring the Impact of Nicotine and Race, Shayna Soenksen, L. A.R. Stein, Joanna D. Brown, JoAnn R. Stengel, Joseph S. Rossi, and Rebecca Lebeau

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Offender Assessment, Case Planning, and Referral to Community-Based Treatment: Effects of a Structured Process Improvement Initiative, Wayne N. Welsh, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Roger H. Peters, L. A.R. Stein, and Sami Abdel-Salam

Submissions from 2014

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Acceptability, Knowledge, Beliefs, and Partners as Determinants of Zambian Men’s Readiness to Undergo Medical Male Circumcision, Deborah Jones, Ryan Cook, Kris Arheart, Colleen A. Redding, Robert Zulu, Jose Castro, and Stephen M. Weiss

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Testing demographic differences for alcohol use initiation among adolescents for the decisional balance and situational temptation prevention inventories, Marie A. Sillice, Andrea L. Paiva, Steven F. Babbin, Heather A. McGee, Joseph S. Rossi, Colleen A. Redding, Kathryn S. Meier, Karin Oatley, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Your Path to Transplant: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Computer Education Intervention to Increase Living Donor Kidney Transplant, Amy D. Waterman, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John D. Peipert, Crystal S. Kynard-Amerson, Christina J. Goalby, LaShara A. Davis, Jessica L. Thein, Emily A. Schenk, Kari A. Baldwin, Stacy L. Skelton, Nicole R. Amoyal, and Leslie A. Brick

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Validity and Stability of the Decisional Balance for Sun Protection Inventory, Hui-Qing Yin, Joseph S. Rossi, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, Steve F. Babbin, and Wayne F. Velicer

Submissions from 2013

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Measuring the processes of change for increasing blood donation in black adults, Nicole R. Amoyal, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, Caitlin Burditt, Debra Kessler, and Beth H. Shaz

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Forced Smoking Abstinence: Not Enough for Smoking Cessation, Jennifer G. Clarke, L. A.R. Stein, Rosemarie A. Martin, Stephen A. Martin, Donna Parker, Cheryl E. Lopes, Arthur R. McGovern, Rachel Simon, Mary Roberts, Peter Friedman, and Beth Bock

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Disease Prevention without Relapse: Processes of Change for HPV Vaccination, Anne C. Fernandez, Andrea L. Paiva, Jessica M. Lipschitz, H. Elsa Larson, Nicole R. Amoyal, Cerissa L. Blaney, Marie A. Sillice, Colleen A. Redding, and James O. Prochaska

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Baseline transtheoretical and dietary behavioral predictors of dietary fat moderation over 12 and 24 months, Geoffrey W. Greene, Colleen A. Redding, James O. Prochaska, Andrea L. Paiva, Joseph S. Rossi, Wayne F. Velicer, Bryan J. Blissmer, and Mark L. Robbins

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Evaluation of the acceptability and feasibility of a computer-tailored intervention to increase HPV vaccination among young adult women, Andrea L. Paiva, Jessica M. Lipschitz, Anne C. Fernandez, Colleen A. Redding, and James O. Prochaska

Submissions from 2012

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Medication-Assisted Treatment in Criminal Justice Agencies Affiliated with the Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS): Availability, Barriers, and Intentions, Peter D. Friedmann, Randall Hoskinson Jr., Michael Gordon, Robert Schwartz, Timothy Kinlock, Kevin Knight, Patrick M. Flynn, Wayne N. Welsh, Lynda A.R. Stein, Stanley Sacks, Daniel J. O'Connell, Hannah K. Knudsen, Michael S. Shafer, Elizabeth Hall, and Linda K. Frisman

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Promoting advance care planning as health behavior change: Development of scales to assess Decisional Balance, Medical and Religious Beliefs, and Processes of Change, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John R. O'Leary, and Lyanne Iannone

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Factor Structure of Decisional Balance and Temptations Scales for Smoking: Cross-Validation in Urban Female African-American Adolescents, Bettina B. Hoeppner, Colleen A. Redding, Joseph S. Rossi, Unto E. Pallonen, James O. Prochaska, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Prevention of smoking in Middle School Students: Psychometric assessment of the Temptations to Try Smoking Scale, Heather A. McGee, Steven F. Babbin, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, Karin Oatley, Kathryn S. Meier, Magdalena Harrington, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Treated individuals who progress to action or maintenance for one behavior are more likely to make similar progress on another behavior: Coaction results of a pooled data analysis of three trials, Andrea L. Paiva, James O. Prochaska, Hui-Qing Yin, Joseph S. Rossi, Colleen A. Redding, Bryan J. Blissmer, Mark L. Robbins, Wayne F. Velicer, Jessica Lipschitz, Nicole Amoyal, Steven F. Babbin, Cerissa L. Blaney, Marie A. Sillice, Anne Fernandez, Heather McGee, and Satoshi Horiuchi

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Cluster subtypes within the precontemplation stage of change for sun protection behavior, Marimer Santiago-Rivas, Wayne F. Velicer, Colleen A. Redding, James O. Prochaska, and Andrea L. Paiva

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Cluster subtypes appropriate for preventing postpartum smoking relapse, Mary Colleen Simonelli and Wayne F. Velicer

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All Might Have Won, But Not All Have the Prize: Optimal Treatment for Substance Abuse Among Adolescents with Conduct Problems, Jayson Spas, Susan Ramsey, Andrea L. Paiva, and L. A.R. Stein

Submissions from 2011

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Prevention of alcohol use in middle school students: Psychometric assessment of the decisional balance inventory, Steven F. Babbin, Magdalena Harrington, Caitlin Burditt, Colleen A. Redding, Andrea L. Paiva, Kathryn Meier, Karin Oatley, Heather McGee, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Agreement Between Older Persons and Their Surrogate Decision‐Makers Regarding Participation in Advance Care Planning, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Mark L. Robbins, John R. O'Leary, and Lynne Iannone

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Psychometric assessment of the Temptations to Try Alcohol Scale, Magdalena Harrington, Steven Babbin, Colleen A. Redding, Caitlin Burditt, Andrea L. Paiva, Kathryn Meier, Karin Oatley, Heather McGee, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Adherence to dual-method contraceptive use, Jeffrey F. Peipert, Qiuhong Zhao, Laura Meints, Benjamin J. Peipert, Colleen A. Redding, and Jenifer E. Allsworth

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One session of TTM-tailored condom use feedback: a pilot study among at-risk women in the Bronx, Colleen A. Redding, Pamela Brown-Peterside, Seth M. Noar, Joseph S. Rossi, and Beryl A. Koblin

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Baseline Stage, Severity, and Effort Effects Differentiate Stable Smokers from Maintainers and Relapsers, Colleen A. Redding, James O. Prochaska, Andrea L. Paiva, Joseph S. Rossi, Wayne F. Velicer, Bryan J. Blissmer, Geoffrey W. Greene, Mark L. Robbins, and Xiaowu Sun

Submissions from 2010

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Common Factors Predicting Long-term Changes in Multiple Health Behaviors, Bryan J. Blissmer, James O. Prochaska, Wayne F. Velicer, Colleen A. Redding, Joseph S. Rossi, Geoffrey W. Greene, Andrea L. Paiva, and Mark L. Robbins

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Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association: joint position statement executive summary, Sheri R. Colberg, Ronald J. Sigal, Bo Fernhall, Judith G. Regensteiner, Bryan J. Blissmer, Richard R. Rubin, Lisa Chasan-Taber, Ann L. Albright, and Barry Braun

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Stages of Change for the Component Behaviors of Advance Care Planning, Terri R. Fried, Colleen A. Redding, Mark L. Robbins, Andrea L. Paiva, John R. O'Leary, and Lynne Iannone

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A Network-Individual-Resource Model for HIV Prevention, Blair T. Johnson, Colleen A. Redding, Ralph J. DiClemente, Brian S. Mustanski, Brian Dodge, Paschal Sheeran, Michelle R. Warren, Rick S. Zimmerman, William A. Fisher, Mark T. Conner, Michael P. Carey, Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ronald D. Stall, and Martin Fishbein

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A Framework for Incorporating Dyads in Models of HIV-Prevention, Benjamin R. Karney, Hyman Hops, Colleen A. Redding, Harry T. Reiss, Alexander J. Rothman, and Jeffry A. Simpson

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The benefits and challenges of multiple health behavior change in research and in practice, Judith J. Prochaska, Claudio R. Nigg, Bonnie Spring, Wayne F. Velicer, and James O. Prochaska

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Validation of a Measure to Assess Alcohol- and Marijuana-Related Risks and Consequences Among Incarcerated Adolescents, L. A.R. Stein, Rebecca Lebeau, Mary Clair, Joseph S. Rossi, Rose Marie Martin, and Charles Golembeske

Submissions from 2009

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Validity of Stage Assessment in the Adoption and Maintenance of Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Sonia Lippke, Jochen P. Ziegelmann, Ralf Schwarzar, and Wayne F. Velicer

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Readiness to Change as a Mediator of the Effect of a Brief Motivational Intervention on Posttreatment Alcohol-Related Consequences of Injured Emergency Department Hazardous Drinkers, L. A.R. Stein, P. Allison Minugh, Richard Longabaugh, Philip Wirtz, Janette Baird, Ted D. Nirenberg, Robert F. Woolard, Kathy Carty, Christina Lee, Michael Mello, Bruce Becker, and Aruna Gogineni

Submissions from 2008

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Cancer prevention in primary care: Predictors of patient counseling across four risk behaviors over 24 months, Judith D. DePue, Michael G. Goldstein, Colleen A. Redding, Wayne F. Velicer, Xiaowu Sun, Joseph L. Fava, Alessandra Kazura, and William Rakowski

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Detecting longitudinal patterns of daily smoking following drastic cigarette reduction, Bettina B. Hoeppner, Matthew S. Goodwin, Wayne F. Velicer, Marc E. Mooney, and Dorothy K. Hatsukami

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Is a previous unplanned pregnancy a risk factor for a subsequent unplanned pregnancy?, Lindsay M. Kuroki, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Colleen A. Redding, Jeffrey D. Blume, and Jeffrey F. Peipert

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Tailored intervention to increase dual-contraceptive method use: a randomized trial to reduce unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, Jeffrey F. Peipert, Colleen A. Redding, Jeffrey D. Blume, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Kristen A. Matteson, Faye Lozowski, Kenneth H. Mayer, Patricia J. Morokoff, and Joseph S. Rossi

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Initial efficacy of MI, TTM tailoring and HRI’s with multiple behaviors for employee health promotion, James O. Prochaska, Susan Butterworth, Colleen A. Redding, Verna Burden, Nancy Perrin, Michael Leo, Marna Flaherty-Robb, and Janice M. Prochaska

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Methods of quantifying change in multiple risk factor interventions, Judith J. Prochaska, Wayne F. Velicer, Claudio R. Nigg, and James O. Prochaska

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Randomized Clinical Trial of Motivational Enhancement of Substance Use Treatment Among Incarcerated Adolescents: Post-Release Condom Non-Use, Cynthia Rosengard, L. A.R. Stein, Nancy P. Barnett, Peter M. Monti, Charles Golembeske, Rebecca Lebeau-Craven, and Robert Miranda

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Theory Testing Using Quantitative Predictions of Effect Size, Wayne F. Velicer, Geoff Cumming, Joseph L. Fava, Joseph S. Rossi, James O. Prochaska, and Janet Johnson

Submissions from 2007

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Women at risk for sexually transmitted diseases: correlates of intercourse without barrier contraception, Jeffrey F. Peipert, Kate L. Lapane, Jennifer E. Allsworth, Colleen A. Redding, Jeffrey L. Blume, Faye Lozowski, and Michael D. Stein

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Transtheoretical principles and processes for quitting smoking: A 24-month comparison of a representative sample of quitters, relapsers, and non-quitters, Xiaowa Sun, James O. Prochaska, Wayne F. Velicer, and Robert G. Laforge

Submissions from 1995

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Contraceptive and Condom Use Adoption and Maintenance: A Stage Paradigm Approach, Diane M. Grimley, James O. Prochaska, and Wayne F. Velicer