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Health psychology

the weighing of perceived pros and cons of changing a behavior, which shifts systematically across the stages of change.

In health psychology, decisional balance refers to the weighing of perceived pros and cons of changing a behavior, which shifts systematically across the stages of change. This meaning comes from Prochaska (1994) in Health Psychology.[1]

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References

Prochaska, J. O., Velicer, W. F., Rossi, J. S., Goldstein, M. G., Marcus, B. H., Rakowski, W., Fiore, C., Harlow, L. L., Redding, C. A., Rosenbloom, D., & Rossi, S. R. (1994). Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors. Health Psychology, 13(1), 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.13.1.39

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