Increasing Readiness to Change Among Smokers in a Primary Care Setting

<p>This study compared the effectiveness of two brief interventions, direct advice and motivational interviewing, for increasing motivation to quit among male smokers in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages of change who were primary care patients at an Eastern urban VA medical center. Contrary to expectations, participants receiving motivational interviews did not increase more in readiness to change, motivation, and actions to quit, than those receiving direct advice or a control conversation, nor did they smoke fewer cigarettes per day. As expected, contemplators reported more cutting down and quit attempts than pre-contemplators. Factors that may have limited the effectiveness of interventions are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2000

Author dc:creator

• Collicott, Sheila F.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robin J. Lewis
• Peter Mikulka
• Delanyard Robinson
• Susan Garvey
• W. Clint

• Primary care
• Readiness to change
• Smokers
• Clinical Psychology
• Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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Identifier

9780493079073

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:psychology_etds-1189