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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012;60(1):37-45.
doi: 10.1080/07448481.2011.567403.

Mood management intervention for college smokers with elevated depressive symptoms: a pilot study

Holly E Schleicher  1 , Kari Jo Harris, Duncan G Campbell, Solomon W Harrar
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Mood management intervention for college smokers with elevated depressive symptoms: a pilot study

Holly E Schleicher et al. J Am Coll Health. 2012.

Abstract

Objective: This pilot study examined smoking reduction and cessation among college smokers with elevated depressive symptomatology participating in a group-based behavioral counseling, mood management, and motivational enhancement combined intervention (CBT).

Participants and methods: Fifty-eight smokers (smoked 6 days in the past 30) were randomized to 6 sessions of CBT (n = 29) or a nutrition-focused attention-matched control group (CG; n = 29).

Results: Relative to CG participants, significantly more CBT participants reduced smoking intensity by 50% (χ(2)[1, N = 58] = 4.86, p = .028) at end of treatment. Although CBT participants maintained smoking reductions at 3- and 6-month follow-up, group differences were no longer significant. No group differences in cessation emerged. Finally, participants in both groups evidenced increased motivation to reduce smoking at end of treatment (F[1, 44] = 11.717, p = .001, η(p)(2) = .207).

Conclusions: Findings demonstrate the utility of this intervention for smoking reduction and maintenance of reductions over time among a population of college students with elevated depressive symptomatology.

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Participant CONSORT flowchart. CBT = Combined Behavioral Counseling, Mood Management, and Motivational Enhancement Intervention; CG = Control Group.
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Proportion of participants reducing smoking by 50% by treatment group and time. CBT = Combined Behavioral Counseling, Mood Management, and Motivational Enhancement Intervention; CG = Control Group.
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