Year: 2012
Type: report
Abstract: This study investigates whether mental simulation of the act of smoking a cigarette can\nengender habituation to the stimulus of smoking in a number of participants and, as such, result in a\nreduction in the amount the individual participants smoke or score on the Fagerstrom Test for\nNicotine Dependence (FTND). It also investigates the effect, if any, an individual's personality\nmight play in a quit attempt. Participants Stage of Change was taken into consideration in an effort\nto further gauge the affect mental simulation and tailor any future interventions using mental\nsimulation to a given stage. The study found that participants (n=26) showed no reduction in either\nthe amount smoked or the FTND score when the act of smoking is stimulated mentally. Participants\nscoring high in extraversion on the EPQ-R recorded an increase in amount smoked, while those\nhigh in neuroticism failed to significantly reduce either amount smoked or FTND score. The study\nconcludes that considerably more detailed research is needed to test whether the mental simulation\nof smoking a cigarette can engender habituation to the stimulus of smoking. It is more than likely\nthat the technique of mental simulation will only have supplementary considerations in the field of\nsmoking cessation. Author keywords: Smoking, cessation, mental stimulation, habituation, stages of change, transtheoretical model
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Steven Doyle
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1597625822