TY - JOUR
T1 - Mood management intervention for college smokers with elevated depressive symptoms
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Schleicher, Holly E.
AU - Harris, Kari Jo
AU - Campbell, Duncan G.
AU - Harrar, Solomon W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (F31DA023738, principal investigator: Schleicher) and The University of Montana. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIDA or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Objective: This pilot study examined smoking reduction and cessation among college smokers with elevated depressive symptomatology participating in a group-based behavioral counseling, mood management, and motivational enhancement combined intervention (CBT). Participants and Methods: Fifty-eight smokers (smoked 6 days in the past 30) were randomized to 6 sessions of CBT (n = 29) or a nutrition-focused attention-matched control group (CG; n = 29). Results: Relative to CG participants, significantly more CBT participants reduced smoking intensity by 50% (χ 2[1, N = 58] = 4.86, p =.028) at end of treatment. Although CBT participants maintained smoking reductions at 3- and 6-month follow-up, group differences were no longer significant. No group differences in cessation emerged. Finally, participants in both groups evidenced increased motivation to reduce smoking at end of treatment (F[1, 44] = 11.717, p =.001, η p 2 =.207). Conclusions: Findings demonstrate the utility of this intervention for smoking reduction and maintenance of reductions over time among a population of college students with elevated depressive symptomatology.
AB - Objective: This pilot study examined smoking reduction and cessation among college smokers with elevated depressive symptomatology participating in a group-based behavioral counseling, mood management, and motivational enhancement combined intervention (CBT). Participants and Methods: Fifty-eight smokers (smoked 6 days in the past 30) were randomized to 6 sessions of CBT (n = 29) or a nutrition-focused attention-matched control group (CG; n = 29). Results: Relative to CG participants, significantly more CBT participants reduced smoking intensity by 50% (χ 2[1, N = 58] = 4.86, p =.028) at end of treatment. Although CBT participants maintained smoking reductions at 3- and 6-month follow-up, group differences were no longer significant. No group differences in cessation emerged. Finally, participants in both groups evidenced increased motivation to reduce smoking at end of treatment (F[1, 44] = 11.717, p =.001, η p 2 =.207). Conclusions: Findings demonstrate the utility of this intervention for smoking reduction and maintenance of reductions over time among a population of college students with elevated depressive symptomatology.
KW - cigarette smoking
KW - college students
KW - depressive symptoms
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2011.567403
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2011.567403
M3 - Article
C2 - 22171728
AN - SCOPUS:84856360246
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 60
SP - 37
EP - 45
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 1
ER -
