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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Stages of Change
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1991, Miller & Rollnick, 1991)
III.Preparation or Determination:
The person has made a decision to
change in the next month and is preparing
for it.
• The person may be experimenting with
small changes
Stages of Change
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1991, Miller & Rollnick, 1991)
IV. Action:
The person is actively changing
their environment, behavior, and/or
experiences in order to overcome
pain or pursue a goal and has
maintained their changes for three
to six months.
Stages of Change
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1991, Miller & Rollnick, 1991)
V. Maintenance:
The person is working to prevent
relapse and consolidate what they
have gained from taking and
maintaining action for over 6
months.
Stages of Change
(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1991, Miller & Rollnick, 1991)
VI. Relapse: The person
has:
• minor slips or
• major relapses
Change Process as a Wheel
Precontemplation
Tools and Instruments to
Identify Stage of Change
• University of Rhode Island
Change Assessment Scale
(URICA) (DiClemente & Hughes,
1990)
• Readiness to Change Ruler
(Prochaska et al., 1992)
• Stage of Change Algorithm (Rossi
et al. 1993; Prochaska &
DiClemente, 1994)
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