Awareness, affect, and craving during smoking cessation: An experience sampling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mindfulness has received attention in smoking cessation research, yet the mechanisms by which mindfulness may promote smoking cessation are not well understood. Mindfulness training may help individuals increase awareness and respond skillfully to processes that contribute to smoking, such as affective states and craving. This study used experience sampling (ES) to test how awareness was related to craving, positive and negative affect and smoking, in the moment, among smokers in treatment for smoking cessation.

Method

Participants (N = 228) were part of a clinical trial evaluating Craving to Quit, a smartphone app for mindfulness training for smoking cessation, compared to an app delivering only ES. All participants were asked to complete 22 days of ES, wit

SUBMITTER: Sala M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8629854 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature