Development and psychometric assessment of Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) in terms of smoking cessation among Chinese smokers.

ABSTRACT: The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) is a two-stage (pre-intentional and post-intentional) behavioral change model that distinguishes between motivation and volition in behavior change process. This study aims to develop HAPA-based assessments for smoking cessation among current smokers. The HAPA-based measures were developed and the draft measures included nine constructs, namely, risk perception in smoking-induced cancer, risk perception in smoking-induced systemic disease, positive outcome expectancy, negative outcome expectancy, self-efficacy in quitting smoking, self-efficacy in maintaining, self-efficacy in re-initiating, quitting planning and coping planning in smoking cessation, with a total of 26 items. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in China in 2022. Principal Compon

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10876652 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature