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Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy and Behavioral Self‐Management in Smoking Cessation 1
Author(s) -
Best J. Allan,
Suedfeld Peter
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1982.tb00875.x
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , psychology , psychological intervention , rest (music) , stimulation , physical therapy , quit smoking , behavior change , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , pathology , neuroscience
The relative impacts on smoking behavior of restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST), behavioral self‐management, and the combination were compared. Fifteen smokers from the community were treated in each of the three conditions and followed over a 12‐month period. The combined treatment was very successful compared to standard smoking interventions (a mean of 66% reduction from baseline smoking rate and 53% of subjects completely abstinent on the 1‐year follow‐up), and subjects in this group smoked significantly less than those in either the REST or behavioral self‐management only condition. Furthermore, subjects receiving REST, alone or in combination, were significantly less likely to relapse following treatment. The results were taken to support the importance of addressing multiple change objectives in smoking cessation programs.