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The transtheoretical model: gender differences across 3 health behaviors
Erin L O'Hea1, Karen B Wood, Phillip J Brantley
1UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Eohea1@yahoo.com
Objective:
To investigate gender differences in stage-of-change distribution, self-efficacy, and decisional balance, for 3 health behaviors.
Methods:
Five hundred fifty-four (males = 107; females = 447) low-income, predominantly African American, patients completed stage-of- change, self-efficacy, and decisional balance scales for smoking cessation, exercise adoption, and dietary fat reduction.
Results:
Males and females differ in stage of change for smoking and exercise, but not dietary fat intake.
Conclusions:
Gender-specific interventions may be needed to promote certain health behaviors but not others, and self-efficacy and decisional balance may be related differently to stage of change in low-income populations.