theories of behaviour change to addiction: prochaskas model

• Prochaska's six-stage model ?

  explains the stages people go through to change their behaviour. identifies six stages of change, from not considering it at all to making permanent changes. The stages are not necessarily followed in a linear order
• One strength ?

  P- model views recovery as a dynamic process.

  E- Earlier theories considered recovery from addiction as a single

  all or nothing event. In contrast, six stage model emphasies importance of time, overcoming an addiction such as smoking is a continuing process.

  This is why model proposes that behaviour change occurs through 6 stages of varying duration for each person. there’s also recycling backwards to different degrees and stages can be missed out.

  L- suggests stage model provides realistic view of complex and active nature of recovery from addiction.
• CA FOR FIRST STRENGTH?

  P- stages themselves have been criticised for being arbitrary.

  E- means there is no research evidence to distinguish one stage from another. Pa Kraft et al. (1999) argue that six stages can be reduced to just two useful ones: precontemplation, plus all the others grouped together. has important implications because according to model, each stage is matched with a particular type of intervention.

  L- suggests that Prochaska's stage model has little usefulness both for understanding changes over time and for treatment recommendations.
• Another strength ?

  P- model views relapse realistically.

  E- six-stage model doesn’t view relapse as failure, but as an inevitable part of non-linear, dynamic process of behaviour change. relapse is more than just a slip, so model takes it seriously and doesn’t underestimate its potential to blow change entirely off course. Recovering from addiction may require several attempts to get it right or to reach maintenance or termination stages.

  L- model has face validity with clients and more acceptable as can see it is realistic about relapse.