title: Psychosocial factors of stages of change among adults with intellectual disabilities.
abstract: Relationships among full constructs of the transtheoretical model using a sample of 121 adults with mild intellectual disabilities in Taiwan were examined. Self-reports of stages of change and transtheoretical model psychosocial measures were gathered through interviews. Although MANCOVA revealed that behavioral processes of change, cognitive processes of change, self-efficacy, and perceived pros increased across stages, we did not find a clear linear pattern of association. Direct discriminant function analysis indicated that the most important predictors of stages of change were behavioral processes, cognitive processes, and self-efficacy. The overall stage of change classification accuracy using transtheoretical model psychosocial constructs was 56.2%. Psychosocial measures specifically developed for this population should be further explored.
authors.affiliation: California State University, Northbrigde, Department of Kinesiology, Northridge, CA 91330-8287, USA. sharon.hsu@csun.edu
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernhall
authors.forename: Stanley Sai Chuen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003071:Cognition; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult