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transtheoretical

transtheoretical adjective: relating to a model of behavior change that assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior and provides strategies or processes to guide the individual through the stages of change.

Adjective

transtheoretical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a model of behavior change that assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior and provides strategies or processes to guide the individual through the stages of change.

Origin of transtheoretical

From trans- + theoretical.

Words formed from transtheoretical

Questions about transtheoretical

What does transtheoretical mean?
Transtheoretical means relating to a model of behavior change that assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior and provides strategies or processes to guide the individual through the stages of change.
What part of speech is transtheoretical?
Transtheoretical is an adjective.

Words near transtheoretical in the dictionary

  1. Transteverine
  2. Transteverines
  3. transthalamic
  4. transtheism
  5. transtheistic
  6. transtheoretical
  7. transtheoretically
  8. transthioesterification
  9. transthioesterifications
  10. transthiolation
  11. transthiolations

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