How real change becomes permanent through progression to maintenance stage.
What the evidence says
- Behavioral change progresses through five stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance[1]
- Structural change requires progression through all stages, not just initial action[1]
- Change is cyclical with potential for relapse, not linear[1]
- The maintenance stage is where new behaviors become integrated and automatic[1]
- Different interventions are effective at different stages of change[1]
- Real transformation means change becomes your new normal, not something requiring constant effort[1]
- The transtheoretical model was designed to apply across various problem behaviours — cps19 does not itself study eating, so applying it to eating patterns is this library’s extension[1]