Stages Of Lifelong Behavior Change (TTM)

When studying exercise behavior it is important to realize the steps within the TTM to better understanding how individuals become interested and continue to make a life style that involves normal exercise. Individuals start with no desire to exercise at all then something makes them start thinking about working out. Which leads to the individual feeling motivated to start to plan to exercise. Once they start it will led to the individual to being able to reach the recommended levels of exercise for health and fitness. After six months the individual will continue to exercise and they will work on maintaining a new life style that includes

Transtheoretical Model, Integrates processes and principles of change from across major intervention theories. It was originally developed to look at the process of extinguishing behaviors (like smoking). Now also used to look at acquisition of behavior. It is based on idea of stopping or changing a behavior (health risk). In general it is step by step process of implementing behavioral change in a person. It is really hard for diabetic patients to maintain control of the diabetes, they have the fear of developing/undergoing cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease, amputations, and retinopathy as they age, and disabling them in what might have been productive and enjoyable years. The transtheoretical model has been utilized numerous times

Jillian Davis Professor Chatkoff Health Psychology November 25, 2014 Behavior Change Project: Theoretical Analysis This behavior change project has become a huge part of my everyday life. I lost sight of how important staying in shape affects my overall mental state along with my physical well-being. Having a life that consists of so many activities such as going to school, working, and maintaining a full and happy relationship with the people I care about is hard to balance with just making time for myself. That is why keeping this three day a week workout regime over the past five weeks has been so important; it made me realize that I can make time to focus on just working on myself, and in turn, improve all other aspects of my life. Realizing of course that there are many people in this world that have real life health problems that they seek professional help for. These changes in their lives require a system or a theory that must be applied to develop a strategic an organized way to regulate or change their behavior.

The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is a theory that describes the willingness that people have towards making a change in their life; this can include removing something bad or adding a new condition or attitude. The Encyclopedia of Public Health (2008), stated that “the TTM of intentional behavior change describes

Keywords: Transtheoretical Model The Transtheoretical Model/Stages of Change The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is an integrative model of behavior change that can be applied to a variety of behaviors, populations, and settings (Velicer, 1998). It describes people’s motivation and readiness to change. It was developed by J. O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente in the late 1970’s in an effort to examine smokers who were able to quit on their own versus those who required professional treatment. It is a model that focuses on the individuals own decision-making skills, which involves emotions, perceptions, and behavior. TTM proposes a set of constructs that form multivariate outcomes (Velicer). These constructs are known as the stages of change, decisional balance, processes of change, self-efficacy or temptations. However, the main construct of the model is the

The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) was created by Prochaska and DiClemente. It is based on “(1) the stages of change, (2) the decisional balance scale, (3) the strong and weak principle, (4) self-efficacy, and (5) the processes of change” (Kelly, 2008, p. 149). A person’s progression through the stages depends on their perception of the advantages of adopting a healthy lifestyle (Kelly, 2008).

To begin with,a health practisioner may fascilate behaviour change in an individual with a health

The Transtheoretical Model does not only consist of the stages of change. Self-efficacy, or one’s self confidence in engaging in action, also plays a huge factor in this theory. A person is less likely to engage in a positive health behavior if there self-efficacy is low. Decision balance is the balancing of pros and cons towards the behavior change the person takes into account. In early stages, such as precontemplation and contemplation, cons outweigh the pros, and a behavior change is unlikely. In contrary, the pros outweigh the cons in the later stages. Throughout all stage of the Transtheoretical Model, there are situational temptations, which are external triggers that can cause a person to relapse. These include negative emotions associated with the behavior change such as anger or sadness, and social

The Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change) was developed in the late 1970s by Prochaska and DiClemente. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) focuses on the decision-making of individuals and is a six-stage model of intentional change. The TTM suggests that people do not change behaviors quickly and decisively, but continuously through a cyclical process. The six stages of the TTM model include: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. During each stage, different intervention strategies are most effective at moving a person to the next stage of change, eventually to the ideal stage, maintenance. Although not a part of the original model, the termination stage was added and is less often used in stages of change for health-related behaviors.

This model was developed to determine and predict change in addictive and health-promoting behaviors. TTM can also be used to understand abusive behavior. Individuals are divided into four stages of change based on their attitudes and behaviors. Pre-contemplation describes individuals who are not ready to change. The contemplation stage includes individuals who are starting to think about changing but have not begun the change. Action occurs when individuals start the process of changing their behavior, experiences, and environments to resolve their problems. Maintenance is the last stage and occurs when people want to remain changed and not go back to their previous behavior. Chances for positive outcomes increase when individuals are matched at the appropriate level that determines their readiness to change (Hellman et al., 2010). Based on research, individuals who are in the contemplation stage are the most likely to change their battering behavior (Scott & Wolfe,

The transtheoretical model of change (TTM) consists of several stages associated with change (Calderwood, 2011). The first stage is described as the precontemplation stage; this stage is characterized with the client expressing shock or denial to the change

Week 1 Assignment HCA 331: Introduction to Health Care Education Instructor: Debra Storlie September 23, 2013 In order for health education to be successful, it is imperative to fully understand how behavior can change in an instant. Health education depends on using the proper theories and models. This paper will address the theories and

The barriers to health behavioural change are addictions, mental health, lifestyle, existing behaviour, ie not willing to change, peer pressure and a lack of support from peers make changing behaviour all the more difficult. Effective ways of working towards overcoming these barriers are empowerment, effective communication, support and to educate and

My overall experience with the behavior change project was positive, as I was able to successfully change my sleeping habits. Although there were times when sticking to my behavior change plan was extremely difficult, I was able to stay on track and change my sleeping habits. As a result of my behavior change, I now feel healthier and less fatigued. Because of these physical improvements, important areas of my life, such as school and sports, have improved also. My performance in the classroom and on the basketball court has noticeably become better after making this behavior change.

Over the course of my behavior change project, I ran into several obstacles and the outcome was not quite what I had expected. There ae a few things that I learned during this project from the outrageous cost of healthy food, to what I really struggle with in terms of heathy eating. I started with the intention of eating healthy, but towards the end of the first month, I realized just how costly that can be because I am but a poor college student on a tight budget and sadly I burned a lot of my food budget on fruits and veggies. That was quite an eye opener for me. I also learned that it was not always the content of my meals, but also the size. My wife is much smaller than me and I really started to watch how she eats as opposed to how I eat. Her serving sizes were always much smaller. This taught me a thing or two about what I should be putting on my plate. I also know now that pizza is literally my kryptonite. I know I am doing this BCP, I know I want to lose weight, I know that I want to be healthy, but when I get around pizza I am like a drug addict that can only focus on my drug (pizza). I need to format my lifestyle to stay away from pizza places as much as humanly possible because I will it until it hurts.