Efficacy of an experiential, dissonance-based smoking intervention for college students delivered via the Internet

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 810-820

  Simmons, Vani Nath ^a,b   Heckman, Bryan W ^a,b   Fink, Angelina C ^a,b   Small, Brent J ^a,b   Brandon, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

college student smokers; Smoking cessation; smoking cessation intervention; Web based intervention; young adult smokers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VIDEORECORDING; WEB BASED DIDACTIC SMOKING; WEB BASED EXPERIENTIAL NUTRITION; WEB BASED EXPERIENTIAL SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884546416     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032952     Document Type: Article

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