Of the five quantitative studies assessing marital status as a determinant of change in smoking behavior [ 52 , 53 , 59 , 93 , 95 ], one found a marginally significant association between marital status and changes in smoking behavior, with married participants yielding higher abstinence rates in the intervention group [ 59 ].
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Psychosocial Determinants of Lifestyle Change after a Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
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Of the six quantitative studies that assessed stages of change , four found a statistical significant association between a higher stage of change and favorable lifestyle changes, mostly in smoking behavior [ 53 , 55 , 58 , 76 ], and one found a borderline significant association [ 54 ].