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A test of the assumptions of the transtheoretical model in a post‐traumatic stress disorder population
Author(s) -
Rooney Kathleen,
Hunt Caroline,
Humphreys Leanne,
Harding David,
Mullen Miriam,
Kearney John
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.441
Subject(s) - transtheoretical model , psychology , ambivalence , clinical psychology , population , construct (python library) , traumatic stress , test (biology) , sample (material) , behavior change , social psychology , medicine , environmental health , computer science , programming language , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology
Prior reports suggest an ambivalence regarding treatment in individuals with Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A model that accommodates such ambivalence is the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM, also known as the Stages‐of‐Change Model). Fifty veterans presenting for treatment completed self‐report measures (94% response rate) that assessed disorder variables and constructs relating to the TTM. While the relationships between the components of each specific construct were found to be consistent with the findings of other studies and a number of predicted relationships between variables were confirmed, many results were inconsistent with the TTM. Notwithstanding questions about the suitability of the self‐report measures, the unique characteristics of the veteran sample and the small sample size, the results suggest that the assumptions of the TTM were not met in veterans with PTSD. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.