dc.contributor.author | Hooper, Nic | en |
dc.contributor.author | Dack, Charlotte | en |
dc.contributor.author | Karekla, Maria | en |
dc.contributor.author | Niyazi, Asli | en |
dc.contributor.author | McHugh, Louise | en |
dc.creator | Hooper, Nic | en |
dc.creator | Dack, Charlotte | en |
dc.creator | Karekla, Maria | en |
dc.creator | Niyazi, Asli | en |
dc.creator | McHugh, Louise | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-28T12:27:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-28T12:27:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1606-6359 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-7392 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/63931 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Brief procedures that reduce smoking behaviour may be useful in reaching the many people that do not seek help for smoking addiction. Objectives: The current study aimed to determine if one component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive defusion, could be useful in reducing smoking behaviour in a sample of students. Methods: The study employed a between-subjects three-arm design. For one week, participants were asked to reduce their cigarette consumption. To aid them in their reduction, participants were randomly allocated to one of three conditions: the first received a defusion procedure, the second received an experiential avoidance procedure and a control condition received no procedure. For a second week, the instruction to reduce cigarette consumption was lifted. During both weeks participants were required to monitor their smoking behaviour via a tally diary system. Results: The defusion condition smoked significantly less than the control condition during week one and significantly less than the control and experiential avoidance conditions during week two. Conclusion: Results are discussed in terms of the potential utility of defusion in this domain, and the limitations of this preliminary research that would need to be addressed in future investigations. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | Addiction Research & Theory | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16066359.2018.1434156 | |
dc.title | Cognitive defusion versus experiential avoidance in the reduction of smoking behaviour: an experimental and preliminary investigation | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/16066359.2018.1434156 | |
dc.description.volume | 26 | |
dc.description.issue | 5 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 414 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 420 | |
dc.author.faculty | Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.source.abbreviation | Addiction Research & Theory | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Karekla, Maria [0000-0001-7021-7908] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-7021-7908 | |