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An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation.

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Stöffelmayr, B; Wadland, WC; Pan, W
Published in: Addictive behaviors
September 2003

The process of relapse prevention (RP) therapy is examined. Patients' responses were recorded primarily during telephonic, RP counseling designed to facilitate smoking cessation. A computer program that prompted counselor initiatives and provided a framework for the recording of patient responses guided counselor interaction with patients. A total of 437 patients took part in 1650 counseling sessions and reported 2882 urge/lapse situations. The 2531 situations, for which complete data were available, and 4879 coping responses were analyzed. The main findings are (1) the descriptions of urge/lapse situations provided by patients in treatment are similar to those derived by research that aimed to discover the determinants of relapse without specific treatment, (2) number of coping responses rather than number of situations is related to treatment outcome, and (3) the more coping responses discussed during treatment, the better the treatment outcome.

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Published In

Addictive behaviors

ISSN

0306-4603

Publication Date

September 2003

Volume

28

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1351 / 1358

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Recurrence
  • Primary Prevention
  • Patient Compliance
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Data Collection
 

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Stöffelmayr, B., Wadland, W. C., & Pan, W. (2003). An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation. Addictive Behaviors, 28(7), 1351–1358.
Stöffelmayr, B., W. C. Wadland, and W. Pan. “An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation.Addictive Behaviors 28, no. 7 (September 2003): 1351–58.
Stöffelmayr B, Wadland WC, Pan W. An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation. Addictive behaviors. 2003 Sep;28(7):1351–8.
Stöffelmayr, B., et al. “An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation.Addictive Behaviors, vol. 28, no. 7, Sept. 2003, pp. 1351–58.
Stöffelmayr B, Wadland WC, Pan W. An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation. Addictive behaviors. 2003 Sep;28(7):1351–1358.
Journal cover image

Published In

Addictive behaviors

ISSN

0306-4603

Publication Date

September 2003

Volume

28

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1351 / 1358

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Recurrence
  • Primary Prevention
  • Patient Compliance
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Data Collection