Relationships between Stages of Change and Self-Efficacy for Effective Stress Management in Chinese College Students

Ke Deng, Akira Tsuda, Aki Tsuchiyagaito, Janice Prochaska, Tingzhong Yang and Satoshi Horiuchi

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2014, vol. 6, issue 2, 31

Abstract: The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) has the potential to explain how Chinese collegestudents can initiate and maintain effective stress management (any form of healthy activity, which is practicedto manage stress for at least 20 minutes per day). The TTM regards the process as progression through thefollowing five stages of change- precontemplation (not ready), contemplation (getting ready), preparation (ready),action, and maintenance. Self-efficacy (confidence to manage stress effectively even under tempting situations)is assumed to increase with stage progression. Previous studies have found such relationships, but no study hasexamined these relationships with Chinese college students. The purpose of this study was to examine therelationship between stages of change and self-efficacy for effective stress management. The participantsincluded 366 male and 505 female Chinese college students. The Chinese language version of Pro-Change’sself-efficacy measure was developed based on item response theory. A single scale of 10 items was replicated.Self-efficacy was significantly higher in action and maintenance than in precontemplation and contemplation.Self-efficacy was also significantly higher in men than in women. These results provide initial evidence that theself-efficacy measure can be applied to stress management with Chinese college students.

Date: 2014
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