The profile of client's readiness for change and preference to typical processes of change

In the theoretical part of this paper author considers the difficulties to define phenomenon of patient's readiness to change and proposes dimensions of transtheoretical model of change, that is, stages of change and processes as conceptual frames for exceeding those difficulties. Through the r...

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Main Author: Gavrilov-Jerković Vesna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Drustvo Psihologa Srbije 2004-01-01
Series:Psihologija
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2004/0048-57050401089G.pdf
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Summary:In the theoretical part of this paper author considers the difficulties to define phenomenon of patient's readiness to change and proposes dimensions of transtheoretical model of change, that is, stages of change and processes as conceptual frames for exceeding those difficulties. Through the research author investigates the possibility to identify typical profiles of patient's readiness from the data about measured levels of particular stages of change. The results infer that several typical profiles of readiness can be identified and that it is possible that these profiles could be connected with tendency of patients to prefer passive or action-restructure processes of change.
ISSN:0048-5705