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• TITLE: Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation and Increase of Physical Activity in Αdults

  AUTHORS: Despoina Leontari, Vasiliki Zisi, Stamatia Gratsani, Styliani Chroni, Yannis Theodorakis

  KEYWORDS: Smoking, Physical Activity, Counselling, Transtheoretical Model, Motivational Interviewing

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.8 No.12, October 20, 2017

  ABSTRACT: This study investigated if and how an individual counselling program, based on motivational interviewing, affects lifestyle changes that contribute to smoking cessation and physical activity enhancement. The participants were 2 men and 6 women aged 25 - 54 years. The program consisted of 12 individual weekly counselling sessions based on motivational interviewing. There was a 9 month follow up (monthly sessions, weekly telephone calls). A semi-structured interview was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program after the intervention. Qualitative content analysis was used, along with the In Vivo Software in organizing the data from the interview. At the end of the follow up, three participants stopped smoking, four participants turned to light smokers (