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Examining Outcome Expectancies and Behavioral Reinforcers Among Young Adult Smokers

NCT04383782 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2021-01-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chronic cigarette smoking habits often begin in adolescence or early adulthood. 98% of cigarette smokers try their first cigarette before the age of 26. Thus, young adult smokers represent an important target for early smoking cessation intervention. This study tests two interventions designed to increase motivation to quit and decrease smoking behavior. These interventions include: an expectancy challenge approach, which aims to increase negative beliefs about the consequences of smoking; and a behavioral economics approach, which encourages participants to substitute non-smoking behaviors that may still provide reinforcement similar to reinforcement derived from smoking a cigarette.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expectancy Challenge

Expectancy challenge intervention (see description in study arms).

BEHAVIORAL

Expectancy Challenge + Behavioral Activation

Expectancy challenge + behavioral activation interventions (see description in study arms)

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Neutral reading condition (see description in study arms).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-22
Primary Completion
2020-12-07
Completion
2021-01-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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