JMIR Research Protocols
August 1, 2022
Claire Adams Spears, Josephine Mhende, China Hawkins et al.
6 citations
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. Adults with low income and members of certain racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to quit, and therefore, they experience profound tobacco-related health disparities. Mindfulness training can increase the rates of smoking cessation and lapse recovery, and telehealth and SMS text messaging have the...
JMIR Research Protocols
February 24, 2021
Laura M Hernandez, David W. Wetter, Santosh Kumar et al.
10 citations
BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking has numerous health consequences and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Mindfulness has the ability to enhance resilience to stressors and can strengthen an individual's ability to deal with discomfort, which may be particularly useful when managing withdrawal and craving to smoke. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate...
Contemporary Clinical Trials
November 14, 2020
Mikaela Hemenway, Katie Witkiewitz, Marina Unrod et al.
The combined use of cigarettes and alcohol is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Yet, efficacious interventions that address both behaviors concurrently are lacking. Smoking cessation and alcohol modification not only garner health benefits, but there is also value in addressing alcohol use in the context of smoking cessation to reduce the risk for smoking relapse. In...
Contemporary Clinical Trials
December 27, 2017
Haruka Minami, Hannah R Brinkman, Shadi Nahvi et al.
Background: Although individuals with psychiatric disorders are disproportionately affected by cigarette smoking, few outpatient mental health treatment facilities offer smoking cessation services. In this paper, we describe the development of a smartphone-assisted mindfulness smoking cessation intervention with contingency management (SMI-CM), as well as the design and methods of an ongoing...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
June 26, 2017
C. Spears, Donald Hedeker, Liang Li et al.
Objective: To examine cognitive and affective mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and usual care (UC) for smoking cessation. Method: Participants in the parent study from which data were drawn (N = 412; 54.9% female; 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, 4.9% other; 57.6% annual income <$30,000) were...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
September 1, 2016
Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, Claire Adams Spears, Whitney L Heppner et al.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment (MBAT) to a Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) that matched MBAT on treatment contact time, and a Usual Care (UC) condition that comprised brief individual counseling. Method: Participants (N = 412) were 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, and 4.9% other, and 57.6% reported a total annual...
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
June 1, 2016
Whitney L Heppner, Claire Adams Spears, Virmarie Correa-Fernández et al.
Background: Although mindfulness has been hypothesized to promote health behaviors, no research has examined how dispositional mindfulness might influence the process of smoking cessation. Purpose: The current study investigated dispositional mindfulness, smoking abstinence, and recovery from a lapse among African American smokers. Methods: Participants were 399 African Americans seeking...
Substance Abuse
2009
Andrew J. Waters, Lorraine R Reitzel, Paul M Cinciripini et al.
Theory suggests that mindful individuals exhibit enhanced attentional processing (e.g., attentional control) and that they maintain a detached perspective to problematic stimuli. For smokers, smoking and affective stimuli are problematic stimuli when they try to quit. In this cross-sectional study, smokers (n = 158) completed 3 modified Stroop tasks (to assess attentional control), 3 Implicit...