MAC/E Scale

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient

Level of Significance

Degree of Correlation

Precontemplation

−0.4198

p < 0.01

Medium

Contemplation

0.2822

p < 0.05

Low

Preparation

0.5541

p < 0.001

High

Action

0.5124

p < 0.001

High

Discrepancy

0.4673

p < 0.001

Medium

Self-efficacy

0.4876

p < 0.001

Medium

Reliability