The approach-avoidance task as an online intervention in cigarette smoking: A pilot study

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-120

  Wittekind, Charlotte E ^a   Feist, Ansgar ^a   Schneider, Brooke C ^a   Moritz, Steffen ^a   Fritzsche, Anja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance task; Cessation; Cognitive bias modification; Retraining; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE BIAS; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84924325295     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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