Developing Discrepancy
The purpose of this approach to raise the awareness of the patients so they perceive and understand the need to alter the behaviour. The discrepancy means how their current behaviour differ from their setting goals which inspire and motivate them to make a change.
To develop the discrepancy, one has to encourage patients setting their achievable goal themselves by emphasizing the pros and potential advantage if they successful in quit smoking, such as cost saving and health concern, on the other hand the cons of keeping the bad habit (health danger expose to family members). As the awareness of a discontent with costs of one's present course of beavhiours especially when behaviour is seen as conflicting to one's health, success or family happiness, discrepancy is more likely be triggered and then is higher chance to change.
Besides exploring the consequences or potential consequences of the patient's current behavours, one has to try create, emphasize and amplify in the patient's mind a discrepancy between their current behaviour and their set goals.
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