Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Prochaska Et Al

question 18

Multiple Choice

Studies evaluating the effectiveness of Prochaska et al.'s (1992) transtheoretical model of behavioural change indicate that

• A) interventions that teach skills relevant to action and behaviour maintenance have little effect on individual motivation.
• B) interventions matched to the stage that an individual is in are more successful than those more appropriate for other stages.
• C) the media has even less of an effect on an individual's health behaviours than previously thought.
• D) its applications have been shown to be extremely useful.
• E) its applications have shown mixed success.

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