Identify a character from a movie or TV show uses or abuse drugs ( nicotine, alc

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Identify a character from a movie or TV show uses or abuse drugs ( nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, prescription drug, etc.) Using what you know about the transtheortical model ( also called the Stages of Change), identify which stage of change you believe this character was in Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Relapse
Cite Evidence to back up your claim Identify a character from a movie or TV show uses or abuse drugs ( nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, prescription drug, etc.) Using what you know about the transtheortical model ( also called the Stages of Change), identify which stage of change you believe this character was in Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Relapse
Cite Evidence to back up your claim Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Relapse
Cite Evidence to back up your claim

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The character Considered here is Mr.Surya's role in the film Varanam Ayiram. In this movie He get into drug(nicotine & alcohol) addiction because of his lovers Death. Mr. surya Passes through First Five stages of change.

Stage 1: Precontemplation (Not Ready)

Individual at this stage do not intend to start the healthy behavior in the near future (within 6 months), and may be unaware of the need to change. Individuals learn more about healthy behavior: and are encouraged to think about the pros of changing behavior and to feel emotions about the effects of negative behavior on others.

Initially the addiction of Mr.Surya is identified by his parents and others help him at this stage to become more mindful of his decision making and more conscious of the multiple benefits of changing this unhealthy behavior.

Stage 2: Contemplation (Getting Ready)

            At this stage, individuals are intending to start the healthy behavior within the next 6 months. While they are usually now more aware of the pros of changing, their cons are about equal to their Pros. This ambivalence about changing can cause them to keep putting off taking action.

Mr.Surya learn about the kind of person he could be if he changes behavior and learn more from people who behave in healthy ways. The parents and friends influence and help effectively at this stage by encouraging him to work at reducing the cons of changing the behavior.

Stage 3: Preparation (Ready)

Individuals at this stage are ready to start taking action within the next 30 days. They take small steps that they believe can help them make the healthy behavior a part of their lives.

Mr.Surya in this stage is encouraged to seek support from friends. He trust and express his plan to change in a healthier way.

Stage 4: Action

Individual at this stage have changed their behavior within the last 6 months and need to work hard to keep moving ahead. Individual need to learn how to strengthen the commitments to change and to fight urges to slip back.

At this stage Mr.Surya Get committed to change and fight the Urge to slip back. He was appreciated for the bahavioral change by his friends and parents.

Stage 5: Maintenance

Individual at this stage changed their behavior more than 6 months ago. It is important for people in this stage to be aware of situations that may tempt them to slip back into doing the unhealthy behavior—particularly stressful situations.

Mr.surya at this stage seek support from and talk with people whom he trust, spend time with people who behave in healthy ways, and remember to engage in healthy activities to cope with the loss of his lover. He completely quit the addiction behavior and enters into military. Meanwhile he fall in love with her childhood friend and marry her. Thereafter he lead a healthy life.

6.Relapse: Individual at this stage No longer maintain his abtinence from Addiction and slowly get back to his unhealthy behaviour .

Mr. Surya Does not have relapse of his unhealthy behaviour because of his strong willpower.

Evidence:

Aye Koyun a , Kafiye Eroglu b. The transtheoretical model use for smoking cessation ,

European Journal of Research on Education 2014, Special Issue: Contemporary Studies in Social Science, 130-134

Smoking addiction is considered a disease according to the International Classification of Diseases. There is a need regular treatment due to relapse occurrence. For this reason, the psychosocial dimension of the disease should be treated. Healthcare professionals are required to find the most convenient approach to provide healthy behaviours for individuals. In this review, the Transtheoretical Model use for smoking cessation is discussed. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) has been presented as an integrative and comprehensive model of behaviour change. The TTM has concentrated on five stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action; and maintenance), Stages of change lie at the heart of the TTM. Processes of change, decisional balance and self-efficacy work best at each stage to reduce resistance, facilitate progress, and prevent relapse. The TTM enables the use of convenient interventions for the stage of change where individual is included and increases the success. The TTM based smoking cessation studies reported success rates from 4.5% to 39.5%. Behavioural methods are more secure than other approaches in smoking cessation studies. The TTM contains powerful measurement vehicles, which reveal thoughts of individuals regarding when, why and how to change their behaviour to quit smoking, as well as their confidence on this issue. It is possible to have success in the behavioural change by using these measurement vehicles with interventions that are peculiar to the individual. For this reason, the model is recommended to use smoking cessation studies.

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