Development of a short ‘readiness to change’ questionnaire for use in brief, opportunistic interventions among excessive drinkers

ROLLNICK, STEPHEN; HEATHER, NICK; GOLD, RUTH; HALL, WAYNE

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02720.x

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Development of a short ‘readiness to change’ questionnaire for use in brief, opportunistic interventions among excessive drinkers

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Authors:

STEPHEN ROLLNICK

NICK HEATHER

RUTH GOLD

Abstract

Abstract Excessive drinkers (141) identified in medical settings who were not seeking help for an alcohol problem completed a questionnaire based on Prochaska and DiClemente's stages of change model. Principal components analysis revealed a clear factor structure corresponding to the ‘precontemplati...

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