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A Behavior‐Analytic Approach to Smoking Acquisition: Some Recent Findings 1
Author(s) -
Biglan Anthony,
Lichtenstein Edward
Publication year - 1984
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.1559-1816.1984.tb02232.x
Subject(s) - psychology , process (computing) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , operating system
A behavior‐analytic account of the smoking acquisition process is presented and contrasted with other formulations. Assessment implications of the approach are described and briefly illustrated. Data from studies on the onset of experimental smoking and the transition to regular smoking are presented and evaluated with respect to the proposed framework. These data are quite consistent with the behavior‐analytic account but do not disconfirm alternative accounts. The implications of the data for both prevention programs and future research are discussed.