Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2010
Abstract
This study was designed to assess if there are consistent treatment, stage, severity, effort and demographic effects which predict long-term changes across the multiple behaviors of smoking, diet and sun exposure. A secondary data analysis integrated data from four studies on smoking cessation (N = 3927), three studies on diet (N = 4824) and four studies on sun exposure (N = 6465). Across all three behaviors, behavior change at 24 months was related to treatment, stage of change, problem severity and effort effects measured at baseline. There were no consistent demographic effects. Across multiple behaviors, long-term behavior changes are consistently related to four effects that are dynamic and open to change. Behavior changes were not consistently related to static demographic variables. Future intervention research can target the four effects to determine if breakthroughs can be produced in changing single and multiple behaviors.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Blissmer, B., Prochaska, J. O., Velicer, W. F., Redding, C. A., Rossi, J. S., Greene, G. W.,…Robbins, M. (2010). Common Factors Predicting Long-term Changes in Multiple Health Behaviors. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(2), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309345555
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309345555
Comment
Bryan J. Blissmer is from the Department of Kinesiology.
James O. Prochaska, Wayne F. Velicer, Colleen Redding, Joseph S. Rossi, Andrea L. Paiva and Mark L. Robbins are from the Department of Psychology.
Geoffrey W. Greene is from the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.
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