Testing a Self-affirmation Intervention for Use in a Mobile Application

Summary

The aim of these studies is to adapt the self-affirmation kindness questionnaire for use in a mobile application. Two studies will be conducted to test hypotheses that simplifying and shortening the original questionnaire in systematic ways will result in comparable effectiveness (compared to the original version) in promoting reduced defensive avoidance, less reactance, greater yielding, and higher intentions to quit smoking among a sample of smokers.

Conditions

• Smoking
• Smoking Cessation
• Smoking, Tobacco

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 10 items, written examples

Participants will complete the 10 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to provide written examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 10 items, no examples

Participants will complete the 10 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will not be asked to provide examples for any items they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 10 items, imagined examples

Participants will complete the 10 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to imagine examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 5 items, written examples

Participants will complete a 5 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to provide written examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 5 items, no examples

Participants will complete a 5 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will not be asked to provide examples for any items they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 5 items, imagined examples

Participants will complete a 5 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to imagine examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 3 items, written examples

Participants will complete a 3 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to provide written examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 3 items, no examples

Participants will complete a 3 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will not be asked to provide examples for any items they respond "yes" to.

BEHAVIORAL

Self affirmation, 3 items, imagined examples

Participants will complete a 3 item self-affirmation kindness quiz and will be asked to imagine examples for each item they respond "yes" to.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Washington University School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Kent State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jennifer M Taber, PhD · Kent State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-01-16

Primary Completion

2018-09-30

Completion

2018-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations