Question

Madison is addicted to drugs. According to the stages of the change model, if she is in the contemplation stage of changing her habit, which of the following will occur during this stage?
A. She will stop doing drugs immediately.
B. She will join a rehabilitation center.
C. She will re-evaluate the role of this addiction in her life.
D. She will deny or refuse that her addiction is real

Answer 1

Answer:

C. She will re-evaluate the role of this addiction in her life.

Explanation:

The Stages of Change Model focuses on the decision-making of a person and is a model of intentional change. In other words, it is used when the person actively makes the decision of making a change.

The stages of this model are:

Precontemplation: People do not intend to take action in the foreseeable future (within the next 6 months). They don't even realize that their behavior is problematic.

Contemplation: People are intending to start the healthy behavior in the foreseeable future (within the next 6 months). They start to recognize that their behavior is problematic but still feel ambivalent towards changing it.

Preparation: People are ready to take action within the next 30 days. They start taking small steps toward the change and think this can lead to a healthier life.

Action: People have recently changed their behavior (within the last 6 months) and intend to keep moving forward with it. They now have healthier habits.  

Maintenance: People have sustained their behavior change for over 6 months and they are working to prevent relapses.

Termination: People have no desire to return to their unhealthy behaviors and they know they won't relapse.

In this example Madison is addicted to drugs and in the contemplation stage, this means she intends to start a healthy behavior in the next 6 months and that she is starting to recognize that she has a problem. Therefore, the option that is most likely to occur would be C. She will re-evaluate the role of this addiction in her life.

Note: Options A and B have to do with the action stage and D with precontemplation stage (she doesn't think she has a problem)