An interventional study of Self-affirmation in Smoking Cessation, sponsored by University of Manchester. Completed at 2 sites in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-02.
Sponsored by University of Manchester · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Evidence suggests that affirming the self can help people to make changes in their health behavior. Typically, people affirm a personally-important value, but evidence suggests that affirming the values of family ("familial self-affirmation") might exert stronger effects. The aim of the present study is to examine the effects of familial self-affirmation versus standard self-affirmation versus a control group on smoking cessation.
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention at the end of a questionnaire: The beginning to a sentence appears below. Below it are 4 different ways of completing the sentence. On the lines below, please write out the beginning of the sentence and then complete it with 1 of the 4 options we have given you. If I feel threatened or anxious, then I will... * think about the things I value about myself * remember things that I have succeeded in * think about what I stand for * think about things that are important to me If...___________________________________________________________________
Behavioral: Self-affirmation
Participants are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention at the end of a questionnaire: The beginning to a sentence appears below. Below it are 4 different ways of completing the sentence. On the lines below, please write out the beginning of the sentence and then complete it with 1 of the 4 options we have given you. If I feel threatened or anxious, then I will... * think about the things my family and I value about ourselves * remember things that my family and I have succeeded in * think about what my family and I stand for * think about things that are important to my family and me If...__________________________________________________________________
Behavioral: Self-affirmation
Participants are asked to complete a questionnaire.
Participants are asked to complete a standard questionnaire and on the last page they are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention by copying out a sentence.
Smoking cessation
Self-reported quitting
Time frame: 1 month
Quit attempts
Self-reported quit attempts
Time frame: 1 month
Nicotine dependence
Self-reported nicotine dependence
Time frame: 1 month
Craving
Self-reported cravings
Time frame: 1 month
Habit
Self-reported habit
Time frame: 1 month
Self-regulation
Self-reported self-regulation
Time frame: 1 month
Subjective well-being
Self-reported subjective well-being
Time frame: 1 month
Plan to share: Undecided — Anonymised SPSS file
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