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  • Health psychology
  • Public health

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  • Previous research indicates treatment effects can modify multiple behaviors simultaneously.
  • However, understanding predictors of changing only one behavior (singular action) among individuals with co-occurring risks is less clear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate baseline Transtheoretical Model constructs as predictors of singular action.
  • Specifically examined stage of change, effort, and severity in relation to changing one behavior while others remain unchanged.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzed data from 3213 participants across three randomized controlled trials.
  • Employed logistic regression to assess the relationship between baseline predictors and behavior change at 24 months.
  • Focused on participants exhibiting singular action within behavior pairs (sun/smoking, smoking/diet, diet/sun).

Main Results:

  • Stage of change, effort, and severity consistently predicted behavior change at 24 months.
  • Efforts to change one behavior were associated with changes in another behavior.
  • Baseline severity of sun and smoking were significant predictors of dietary change.

Conclusions:

  • Stage of change emerged as the most substantial predictor of singular behavior change.
  • Problem severity was the least influential predictor.
  • Findings highlight both within-behavior and between-behavior influences on health behavior modification.