Assignment:
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read your course textbook.
Find a peer-reviewed journal article that involves the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TMC) applied to address a health behavior of your choice. This assignment must reflect college-level writing and critical thinking. The article you select should be an empirical article (not a review article), meaning that it involved the collection of data. The article could be, for example, research that has used the theory to examine theoretical risk factors for obesity, has tested the behavior theory in some way, or has used the theory in an intervention.
Remember to cite your chosen article properly. You may want to select a journal article topic that aligns with your final paper topic, so that your review of the article contributes to your final paper's literature review.
In your paper,
• Describe the theory that was chosen, including all of the constructs, definitions or descriptions of the constructs, and how the constructs are related to each other and ultimately to behavior.
• Summarize the research article in your own words. Do not copy/paste from the abstract.
• Describe the authors' use of the theory in the research and how it was applied to the research.
• Explain your thoughts and opinions about how the authors used the theory (any strengths and weaknesses).
• Explain the implications for future interventions
• Explain the theory's relevancy to other public health issues or topics.
Article Review paper
• Must be two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center's APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.