Exam 6: The Transtheoretical Model Ttm and Stages of Change

The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) includes six stages of change. A person who does not regularly exercise makes a plan to exercise in the upcoming month. He schedules an appointment to speak with his healthcare provider and joins a fitness center. Which stage of the TTM does this best describe?

One benefit of the Transtheoretical Model is that effective intervention strategies are the same for individuals at different stages of the model.

An individual who smoked for twenty years completed a smoking cessation program and reports not smoking for twelve months. She is in the maintenance stage.

According to the Transtheoretical Model, temptation represents the converse of self-efficacy.

The Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) was originally developed to explain the process by which people adopted precautions to detect radon in their homes.

In studies on smoking and weight control, participants in the preparation and action stages were more likely to drop out of the intervention prematurely when compared to participants in precontemplation and contemplation stages.

Reliance on commitments, conditioning, environmental controls, and support is most likely to happen among people in which stages of the TTM?

The progress of participants in Transtheoretical Model-based health promotion programs is associated with their stage at baseline.

One challenge to using the TTM for intervention is:

The Transtheoretical Model would be difficult to operationalize with some health behaviors or populations. Provide and describe a behavior or population in which this is true. Explain why. Please be specific.

Describe the six stages of the Transtheoretical Model. Illustrate your knowledge of the stages by providing specific examples of the thoughts and behaviors of a person in each stage using a health behavior/condition of your choice (with the exception of smoking cessation/smoking).

Retention is notoriously difficult in behavior change programs. Which strategy helps increase retention?

Which of the following is TRUE about the historical development of the Transtheoretical Model?

Further testing of the Transtheoretical Model with diverse populations is needed.

All of the following are characteristics to consider when evaluating tailored interventions EXCEPT:

The number of individuals in the termination stage is a proxy measure for program success.

As people progress from precontemplation to contemplation and action, which of the following is true:

The Transtheoretical Model was originally developed to better understand why childhood immunization rates have dropped in the United States.

The following are all assumptions of the Transtheoretical Model EXCEPT?

Self-efficacy refers to: