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#2008

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#937

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#159

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#84

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Wayne Velicer's Degrees

PhD Psychology University of Rhode Island
Masters Psychology University of Rhode Island
Bachelors Psychology University of Rhode Island

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According to Wikipedia, Wayne Velicer was an American psychologist known for his research in quantitative and health psychology. He taught at the University of Rhode Island from 1973 until his death in 2017. He worked with James O. Prochaska to help to found the University of Rhode Island's Cancer Prevention Research Center, of which he subsequently served as co-director.

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The Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change (1997) (6432)
Comparison of five rules for determining the number of components to retain. (1986) (3047)
Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors. (1994) (2498)
Relation of sample size to the stability of component patterns. (1988) (2487)
The process of smoking cessation: an analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change. (1991) (2381)
Determining the number of components from the matrix of partial correlations (1976) (2025)
Biochemical verification of tobacco use and cessation. (2002) (1734)
Stages of change in psychotherapy: Measurement and sample profiles. (1983) (1202)
Measuring processes of change: applications to the cessation of smoking. (1988) (1165)
Decisional balance measure for assessing and predicting smoking status. (1985) (981)
Affects of variable and subject sampling on factor pattern recovery. (1998) (944)
Assessing outcome in smoking cessation studies. (1992) (880)
Standardized, individualized, interactive, and personalized self-help programs for smoking cessation. (1993) (857)
Relapse situations and self-efficacy: an integrative model. (1990) (835)
Construct Explication through Factor or Component Analysis: A Review and Evaluation of Alternative Procedures for Determining the Number of Factors or Components (2000) (802)
Component Analysis versus Common Factor Analysis: Some issues in Selecting an Appropriate Procedure. (1990) (721)
Effects of estimation methods, number of indicators per factor, and improper solutions on structural equation modeling fit indices (1995) (698)
Stages of change in psychotherapy: A follow-up report. (1989) (588)
Factors Influencing Four Rules For Determining The Number Of Components To Retain. (1982) (572)
Predicting change in smoking status for self-changers. (1985) (506)
The Transtheoretical Model of Change and HIV Prevention: A Review (1994) (503)
Distribution of smokers by stage in three representative samples. (1995) (449)
Patterns of Change: Dynamic Typology Applied to Smoking Cessation. (1991) (422)
SMOKING CESSATION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT : APPLICATIONS OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE (1998) (389)
Stage-based expert systems to guide a population of primary care patients to quit smoking, eat healthier, prevent skin cancer, and receive regular mammograms. (2005) (384)
Evaluating a population-based recruitment approach and a stage-based expert system intervention for smoking cessation. (2001) (323)
Component Analysis versus Common Factor Analysis: Some Further Observations. (1990) (308)
What Makes a Good Staging Algorithm: Examples from Regular Exercise (1997) (300)
Integrating individual and public health perspectives for treatment of tobacco dependence under managed health care: A combined stepped-care and matching model (1996) (296)
Dietary applications of the stages of change model. (1999) (274)
Applying the transtheoretical model to a representative sample of smokers. (1995) (267)
An expert system intervention for smoking cessation. (1999) (264)
Stages of change across ten health risk behaviors for older adults. (1999) (251)
Assessing elements of women's decisions about mammography. (1992) (246)
Increasing mammography among women aged 40-74 by use of a stage-matched, tailored intervention. (1998) (236)
Health Behavior Models (2000) (234)
A randomized trial to reduce passive smoke exposure in low-income households with young children. (2001) (224)
Interactive versus noninteractive interventions and dose-response relationships for stage-matched smoking cessation programs in a managed care setting. (1999) (206)
Multiple risk expert systems interventions: impact of simultaneous stage-matched expert system interventions for smoking, high-fat diet, and sun exposure in a population of parents. (2004) (200)
A decisional balance measure and the stages of change model for weight loss. (1988) (198)
Stages of acquisition and cessation for adolescent smoking: an empirical integration. (1998) (188)
Development and Validation of a Stages of Change Measure for Men in Batterer Treatment (2000) (187)
Statistical analysis of randomized trials in tobacco treatment: longitudinal designs with dichotomous outcome. (2001) (185)
Stage of regular exercise and health-related quality of life. (1999) (180)
A Comparison Of Component And Factor Patterns: A Monte Carlo Approach. (1982) (176)
A criterion measurement model for health behavior change. (1996) (172)
Testing 40 predictions from the transtheoretical model. (1999) (172)
An empirical typology of subjects within stage of change. (1995) (168)
Counselor and stimulus control enhancements of a stage-matched expert system intervention for smokers in a managed care setting. (2001) (162)
Stage of change, decisional balance, and temptations for smoking: measurement and validation in a large, school-based population of adolescents. (2001) (162)
Evaluating Theories of Health Behavior Change: A Hierarchy of Criteria Applied to the Transtheoretical Model (2008) (161)
The Effects of Overextraction on Factor and Component Analysis. (1992) (159)
An expert system intervention for smoking cessation. (1993) (148)
Teen Reach: Outcomes From a Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Tobacco Reduction Program for Teens Seen in Primary Medical Care (2005) (147)
Stage distributions for five health behaviors in the United States and Australia. (1999) (146)
Validity of stage assessment in the adoption and maintenance of physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption. (2009) (143)
Stages of adolescent cigarette smoking acquisition: measurement and sample profiles. (1987) (143)
Cardiovascular Arousal in Individuals With Autism (2006) (142)
Principles of Exploratory Factor Analysis. (2006) (137)
The Development of a Stress Survey Schedule for Persons with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (2001) (135)
A comparison of four self-report smoking cessation outcome measures. (2004) (134)
Tailored communications for smoking cessation: past successes and future directions. (2006) (128)
Contraceptive and Condom Use Adoption and Maintenance: A Stage Paradigm Approach (1995) (122)
Addressing tobacco-related health disparities. (2007) (115)
Using the Transtheoretical Model for population-based approaches to health promotion and disease prevention. (2000) (111)
Strengths and Weaknesses of Health Behavior Change Programs on the Internet (2003) (109)
Computer-based smoking cessation interventions in adolescents: description, feasibility, and six-month follow-up findings. (1998) (109)
Methods of quantifying change in multiple risk factor interventions. (2008) (108)
A Comparison of Pattern Matching Indices. (1991) (107)
Criticisms and concerns of the transtheoretical model in light of recent research. (1992) (106)
The benefits and challenges of multiple health behavior change in research and in practice. (2010) (103)
Demographic variables, smoking variables, and outcome across five studies. (2007) (103)
Latent transition analysis to the stages of change for smoking cessation. (1996) (103)
The Relation Between Factor Score Estimates, Image Scores, and Principal Component Scores (1976) (101)
Decisional balance and stage of change for adolescent drinking. (1997) (100)
The Effects of Underextraction in Factor and Component Analyses (1996) (93)
Telemetric monitoring in the behavior sciences (2008) (92)
Transtheoretical individualized multimedia expert systems targeting adolescents' health behaviors (1999) (91)
Misinterpretations and misapplications of the transtheoretical model. (1997) (90)
Subject characteristics as predictors of self-change in smoking. (1985) (88)
Latent transition analysis for longitudinal data. (1996) (88)
Comparing Visual and Statistical Analysis in Single-Case Studies Using Published Studies (2015) (87)
Binge drinking and health behavior in medical students. (2007) (87)
An Evaluation of the Effects of Variable Sampling On Component, Image, and Factor Analysis. (1987) (84)
Suppressor Variables and the Semipartial Correlation Coefficient (1978) (83)
Dynamic typology clustering within the stages of change for smoking cessation. (1998) (81)
Automated Detection of Stereotypical Motor Movements (2011) (80)
Research methods in psychology (2003) (79)
Validation of decisional balance and situational temptations measures for dietary fat reduction in a large school-based population of adolescents. (2001) (79)
An Empirical Comparison Of The Similarity Of Principal Component, Image, And Factor Patterns. (1977) (78)
Comparing intervention outcomes in smokers treated for single versus multiple behavioral risks. (2006) (76)
A Comparison of Missing-Data Procedures for Arima Time-Series Analysis (2005) (74)
Cluster subtypes within stage of change in a representative sample of smokers. (2000) (74)
A Measurement Model for Measuring Attitudes Toward Violence (1989) (73)
A Comparison of Alternative Approaches to the Analysis of Interrupted Time-Series. (1985) (72)
The Reliability and Accuracy of Time Series Model Identification (1983) (70)
Assessing Cardiovascular Responses to Stressors in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2005) (68)
Size, consistency, and stability of stage effects for smoking cessation. (2004) (65)
Coaction in multiple behavior change interventions: consistency across multiple studies on weight management and obesity prevention. (2014) (64)
Stage and Non‐stage Theories of Behavior and Behavior Change: A Comment on Schwarzer (2008) (63)
An Empirical Comparison of Factor, Image, Component, and Scale Scores. (1992) (62)
The effect of a stage-matched and tailored intervention on repeat mammography(1). (2002) (59)
Testing the predictive power of the transtheoretical model of behavior change applied to dietary fat intake. (2008) (58)
Treated individuals who progress to action or maintenance for one behavior are more likely to make similar progress on another behavior: coaction results of a pooled data analysis of three trials. (2012) (57)
Common Factors Predicting Long-term Changes in Multiple Health Behaviors (2010) (56)
Decisional balance for immoderate drinking in college students. (1999) (55)
Identifying cluster subtypes for the prevention of adolescent smoking acquisition. (2007) (54)
Motivation for blood donation among African Americans: developing measures for stage of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy constructs (2009) (53)
Intervention and policy issues related to children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. (2001) (52)
Demographic differences in support for smoking policy interventions. (2007) (52)
Transtheoretical principles and processes for quitting smoking: a 24-month comparison of a representative sample of quitters, relapsers, and non-quitters. (2007) (50)
Times Series Analysis Without Model Identification. (1984) (48)
Factorial invariance and internal consistency for the decisional balance inventory--short form. (2004) (48)
Understanding and intervening with the total population of smokers (1993) (47)
Behavior Change The Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change (2002) (45)
Time Series Analysis of Treatment Adherence Patterns in Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2008) (45)
Theory Testing Using Quantitative Predictions of Effect Size. (2008) (45)
Replication of subtypes for smoking cessation within the contemplation stage of change. (2006) (45)
Item format and the structure of the buss‐durkee hostility inventory (1985) (44)
Using Relational Agents to Promote Exercise and Sun Protection: Assessment of Participants’ Experiences With Two Interventions (2018) (42)
Resistance Among Domestic Violence Offenders (2008) (41)
Measuring support for tobacco control policy in selected areas of six countries (1998) (41)
Time Series Analysis (2003) (40)
Stages of condom use in a high HIV-risk sample (1999) (39)
Cross-Sectional Time Series Designs: A General Transformation Approach. (1991) (39)
A Comparison of the Stability of Factor Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, and Rescaled Image Analysis (1974) (39)
The Relation Between Item Format and the Structure of the Eysenck Personality Inventory (1978) (38)
Cross-validation of measures assessing decisional balance and self-efficacy for condom use. (1996) (38)
A time series investigation of three nicotine regulation models. (1992) (37)
Development of Review Criteria to Evaluate Health Behavior Change Websites (2003) (37)
Automated Indexing of Internet Stories for Health Behavior Change: Weight Loss Attitude Pilot Study (2014) (34)
Transtheoretical Principles and Processes for Adopting Physical Activity: A Longitudinal 24-Month Comparison of Maintainers, Relapsers, and Nonchangers. (2015) (34)
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 2 : Vol. 2: Research Methods in Psychology. (2012) (34)
Multiple behavior interventions to prevent substance abuse and increase energy balance behaviors in middle school students (2013) (34)
The development and initial validation of the smoking policy inventory (1994) (33)
Detecting longitudinal patterns of daily smoking following drastic cigarette reduction. (2008) (33)
Effects of Sophistication and Faking Sets on the Eysenck Personality Inventory (1975) (33)
Treatment-enhanced paired action contributes substantially to change across multiple health behaviors: secondary analyses of five randomized trials (2013) (33)
Special effects: tobacco policies and low socioeconomic status girls and women (2006) (32)
Psychometric evaluation of the smoking cessation Processes of Change scale in an adolescent sample. (2006) (31)
Evaluating nicotine replacement therapy and stage-based therapies in a population-based effectiveness trial. (2006) (31)
Replication of subtypes for smoking cessation within the precontemplation stage of change. (2006) (29)
Baseline transtheoretical and dietary behavioral predictors of dietary fat moderation over 12 and 24 months. (2013) (29)
Brief Report (2007) (28)
Randomized trial outcomes of a TTM-tailored condom use and smoking intervention in urban adolescent females. (2015) (28)
Identifying Longitudinal Patterns for Individuals and Subgroups: An Example with Adherence to Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2015) (26)
On models, methods and premature conclusions. (1996) (26)
Integrating Population Smoking Cessation Policies and Programs (2004) (26)
Comparing participants and nonparticipants recruited for an effectivenes study of nicotine replacement therapy (2005) (24)
Testing the Transtheoretical Model for Smoking Change: Victorian Data (2000) (24)
Item format and the structure of the Eysenck Personality Inventory: a replication. (1980) (24)
Multivariate evaluation of health attitudes and behaviors: development and validation of a method for health promotion research. (1985) (24)
Time Series Analysis for Psychological Research (2012) (23)
Cancer prevention in primary care: predictors of patient counseling across four risk behaviors over 24 months. (2008) (23)
Baseline Stage, Severity, and Effort Effects Differentiate Stable Smokers from Maintainers and Relapsers (2011) (23)
Item Format and the Structure of the Personal Orientation Inventory (1984) (22)
Prevention of alcohol use in middle school students: psychometric assessment of the decisional balance inventory. (2011) (21)
Time series analysis for prevention and treatment research. (1997) (20)
Factor Structure of Decisional Balance and Temptations Scales for Smoking: Cross-Validation in Urban Female African-American Adolescents (2012) (18)
Computer Programs for Interrupted Time Series Analysis: II A Quantitative Evaluation. (1990) (18)
A Comparison of Five Rules for Determining the Number of Components in Data Sets. (1984) (18)
An Applied Example of Pooled Time Series Analysis: Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stressors in Children With Autism (2007) (17)
Psychometric assessment of the Temptations to Try Alcohol Scale. (2011) (16)
Research on the transtheoretical model : where are we now, where are we going? (2004) (16)
Sensor-enabled detection of stereotypical motor movements in persons with autism spectrum disorder (2008) (15)
Testing stage effects in an ethnically diverse sample. (2002) (15)
Developing an empirical typology for regular exercise. (2003) (14)
The moderator variable viewed as heterogeneous regression. (1972) (14)
Typology of alcohol users based on longitudinal patterns of drinking. (2014) (13)
Prevention of smoking in Middle School Students: psychometric assessment of the Temptations to Try Smoking Scale. (2012) (13)
Testing 40 Predictions From the Transtheoretical Model Again, With Confidence (2013) (12)
Structure of the Janis-Field feelings of Inadequacy Scale. (1980) (12)
Replication of subtypes for smoking cessation within the Preparation stage of change. (2006) (12)
Smoking status and mammography in a statewide survey. (1993) (12)
Measuring minority stress: invariance of a discrimination and vigilance scale across transgender and cisgender LGBQ individuals (2018) (12)
Intervention Effects on Stage Transitions for Adolescent Smoking and Alcohol Use Acquisition (2017) (12)
Replicating cluster subtypes for the prevention of adolescent smoking and alcohol use. (2015) (11)
Cluster subtypes appropriate for preventing postpartum smoking relapse. (2012) (9)
Time series models of individual substance abusers. (1994) (9)
Fat Reduction Efforts (2016) (8)
The structure and reliability of the teacher temperament questionnaire (1982) (8)
Extending Theory-Based Quantitative Predictions to New Health Behaviors (2016) (8)
Tailoring smoking cessation programs to the specific needs and interests of the patient (2002) (6)
Applying Idiographic Research Methods: Two Examples (2010) (6)
Reducing Sun Exposure for Prevention of Skin Cancers: Factorial Invariance and Reliability of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Sun Protection (2015) (6)
Using relational agents to increase engagement in computer-based interventions: preliminary outcomes (2015) (6)
Outcomes of cluster profiles within stages of change for sun protection behavior (2013) (6)
A comment on the general inapplicability of Ghiselli's moderator system for two predictors. (1972) (6)
Intervention Effects on Stage of Change Membership and Transitions among Adolescent Energy Balance Behaviors (2017) (6)
Transtheoretical Model Constructs’ Longitudinal Prediction of Sun Protection Over 24 Months (2016) (6)
School readiness and teachers' ratings: A validation study (1977) (5)
Time series analysis in historiometry: a comment on Simonton. (1998) (5)
Comparison of Multidimensional Measures of Aggression (1985) (5)
Mediation analysis of decisional balance, sun avoidance and sunscreen use in the precontemplation and preparation stages for sun protection (2015) (4)
Art Instruction and the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test in Fifth-Graders. (1977) (4)
Validity and Stability of the Decisional Balance for Sun Protection Inventory (2014) (4)
Baseline Predictors of Singular Action Among Participants With Multiple Health Behavior Risks (2016) (4)
Assessing demographic differences in decisional balance for smoking prevention and temptations to try smoking among adolescent subgroups (2017) (3)
Cluster subtypes within the precontemplation stage of change for sun protection behavior (2012) (3)
Cluster Subtypes within the Preparation Stage of Change for Sun Protection Behavior (2010) (3)
Prediction and Association for N-Way Classification Tables (1982) (3)
Reduction Program for Teens Seen in Primary Medical Care Teen Reach: Outcomes From a Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Tobacco (2008) (2)
Component Structure of the Attribution Style Questionnaire. (1985) (2)
Family Functioning Scale (FFS) 1987 (2007) (2)
Abstract: Identifying Longitudinal Patterns of Adherence to Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2011) (2)
Testing demographic differences for alcohol use initiation among adolescents for the decisional balance and situational temptation prevention inventories. (2014) (2)
Computer Programs for Interrupted Time Series Analysis: I. A Qualitative Evaluation. (1990) (2)
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (2011) (1)
Smoking policy interventions: is Australian youth in favour of them? (1997) (1)
Psychometric assessment of the processes of change scale for sun protection (2018) (1)
Introduction to a special issue of Addictive Behaviors (1996) (1)
Readiness to Change Smoking Behavior in Different Social Environments (1995) (1)
Decisional Balance Pros and Cons Measure (2016) (0)
Abstract: Testing Theory-Based Quantitative Predictions: Tailoring Theory With Empirical Support (2013) (0)
Processes of Resistance Measure (2013) (0)
Managing Stress Effectively: A Longitudinal Transtheoretical Comparison of Successful Changers, Relapsers, and Non-Changers (2021) (0)
Temptations to Try Alcohol Scale (2013) (0)
Short communication Replication of subtypes for smoking cessation within the Preparation stage of change B (2006) (0)
Processes of Change Scale for Sun Protection (2018) (0)
Letters to the EditorReply (2001) (0)
Situational Temptations Scale (2013) (0)
Why meta-analysis has become the standard for integrative reviews (2017) (0)
Principles of Exploratory Factor Analysis1 (2004) (0)
Households With Young Children A Randomized Trial to Reduce Passive Smoke Exposure in Low-Income (2007) (0)
Decisional Balance Scale (2015) (0)
Addressing new health psychology research questions using idiographic methods (2015) (0)
Stages of Change Scales (2011) (0)
Smoking Policy Inventory (2015) (0)
Disabilities Brief Report : Validating the Stress Survey Schedule for Persons With Autism and Other Developmental (2013) (0)
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment for Domestic Violence Offenders (2016) (0)
Abstract: Genome-Wide Complex Trait Analysis of Shared Genetic Effects Between Brain Electrophysiology Measures and Alcohol Dependence (2015) (0)
Temptations to Smoke Measure--Modified (2013) (0)
Automated Indexing of Inter net Stories f Beha vior Change: Weight Loss Attitude Pilot Study (2014) (0)
Adolescent Smoking Decisional Balance Inventory (2013) (0)
Expert System for Smoking Cessation 1 An Expert System Intervention for Smoking Cessation (2006) (0)
Smoking Cessation Processes of Change Scale for Adolescents (2013) (0)

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