Table 3.

Difference in Time 2 Belief Scores by Stage at Time 2

Belief Variables	Precontemplators(N = 170) Mean (± SD)	Contemplators(N = 441) Mean (± SD)	Action(N = 433) Mean (± SD)	Kruskal-Wallis p value	Pairwise Comparisons*
					P vs A	CvsA	PvsC
Barriers	37.8 (8.9)	30.1 (7.7)	28.3(8.1)	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0001	<0.0001
Benefits	27.1 (4.8)	30.1 (4.0)	30.3 (4.0)	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.469	<0.0001
Susceptibility	5.6 (2.4)	6.2 (2.4)	6.3 (2.5)	0.0001	<0.0001	0.490	0.0002
Self-efficacy	41.1 (5.5)	43.9(5.1)	44.5 (4.8)	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.111	<0.0001
Fear	26.1 (9.6)	27.0 (9.3)	27.0 (9.4)	0.383	0.176	0.923	0.227
Fatalism	7.0 (4.3)	5.9 (4.0)	5.8(4.1)	0.005	0.002	0.610	0.005
Knowledge	3.5(1.6)	4.2(1.6)	4.0(1.6)	0.0002	0.002	0.159	<0.0001

^*p value from Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test.