The transit heretical Model is also called the Stages of Change Model was developed by Prochaska, Di Clemente and colleagues of the University of Rhode Island in nineteen ninety-seven. This model was originally inspired by smoking cessation studies, a study that examined the experiences of smoker who on their own and the ones that require extra help to quit smoking to analyze why people have the capability to quit smoking on their own (3). The result had shown that the capability of people can quit smoking on their own is depend on whether they are both mentally and physically ready to make a change and proceed. And soon the model was developed it had been applied to different behaviours other than smoking. …show more content…
There are six stages in the stages of change: Precomtemplation, contemplation, preparation, actio, maintenance and relapse. In the Pre-contemplation stage, people do not intend to take action in the next six months also, people are often unaware that their behaviour produces negative consequences. People in this stage often underestimate the pros of the change of behaviour and emphasize the cons of changing behaviour. In other theories, this stage is characterized as unmotivated and unready to move on. The second stage is Comtemplation, people in this stage thinking of changing in the next six month. People are awarded their behaviour may be problematic and people in this stage strike a balance …show more content…
Making decisions whether to change behaviour by analyzing the pros and cons of changing behaviour. The pros and cons are often represent by benefits and costs in order to change a behaviour. For example, an overweight person wants a better and healthier lifestyle in order to lose weight. Benefits of a healthier lifestyle includes potentially longer life expectancy, higher self- esteem, better body image etc but the cost of that can be changing and get rid of some habits that are currently happening such as eating a lot of junk food, spend a lot of time sitting. In order to move on to the next stage the pros should be higher than cons. The most common time to face challenge in Decisional Balance is in Comtemplation stage. Even though knowing all the pros and cons and understand that the change is good but the stimulus is still high in that stage and the execution is the hardest part. And the balance of the pros and cons for a prolong is called the chronic contemplation that happens to people realizing the pros but not strong enough to execute to perform the behavioural