Stages of Change

Question 1

A client who agrees with the following statement is in which stage of change?

I don’t intend to make a change in the next 6 months.

Answer 1

Precontemplation

Question 2

A client who agrees with the following statement is in which stage of change?

I intend to make a change in the next 6 months.

Answer 2

Contemplation

Question 3

A client who agrees with the following statement is in which stage of change?

I intend to make a change in the next month.

Answer 3

Preparation

Question 4

A client who agrees with the following statement is in which stage of change?

I made a change in the past 6 months.

Answer 4

Action

Question 5

A client who agrees with the following statement is in which stage of change?

I made a change more than 6 months ago.

Answer 5

Maintenance

Question 6

What are the 6 stages of change (according to Prochaska)?

Answer 6

Precontemplation

Contemplation

Preparation

Action

Maintenance

Termination

Question 7

According to Prochaska, what is the number one reason people aren’t successful making behavior changes related to high risk health behaviors?

Answer 7

Most people don’t know how to change.

The first step is to change your mental model of change. Most people have an action model of change (ie. behavior change = action). According to the stages of change theory, people have to move through the precontemplation and contemplation stages before they begin to take action to successfully make a behavior change.

Question 8

What are the 2 D’s of precontemplation?

Answer 8

The 3 D’s are the reasons people don’t move toward change, They either

Don’t know how

are Demoralized

Defend their bad habits