Pallonen UE, Murray DM, Schmid L, Pirie P, Luepker RV. Patterns of self-initiated smoking cessation among young adults.
Health Psychol 1990. [PMID:
2373067 DOI:
10.1037//0278-6133.9.4.418]
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Abstract
Prochaska and DiClemente's (1984) cyclic-stage model of self-initiated smoking cessation divides the cessation process into five stages. This model was applied to a young adult population to determine the cross-sectional distribution of stages and the frequency and pattern of changes among stages over time. Compared to older adults, the distribution of the stages differed substantially: There were twice as many relapsers and only half as many maintainers among young adults. One-year changes in stages were examined using a static model, which did not take into account the cyclic nature of the change process, and a more realistic dynamic model, which did. Both models, especially the dynamic model, suggested substantially more movement among stages in younger than in older adults.
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