2015
Re-training automatic action tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers: a pilot study
Kong G, Larsen H, Cavallo DA, Becker D, Cousijn J, Salemink E, D’Escury-Koenigs A, Morean ME, Wiers RW, Krishnan-Sarin S. Re-training automatic action tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers: a pilot study. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2015, 41: 425-432. PMID: 26186485, PMCID: PMC4561007, DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1049492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive bias modificationCognitive behavioral therapyApproach biasesAdolescent smokersAction tendenciesAutomatic action tendenciesSeven-day point prevalence abstinenceSmoking cessation outcomesApproach biasBias modificationAvoidance biasesSmoking stimuliComputerized tasksBehavioral therapyPoint prevalence abstinenceTreatment conditionsSham trainingSham conditionCessation outcomesFuture researchBiasesCBM approachPilot studyLarge sampleAdolescentsCognitive bias modification combined with cognitive behavioral therapy: A smoking cessation intervention for adolescents
Larsen H, Kong G, Becker D, Cavallo D, Cousijn J, Salemink E, D’Escury-Koenigs A, Krishnan-Sarin S, Wiers R. Cognitive bias modification combined with cognitive behavioral therapy: A smoking cessation intervention for adolescents. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 146: e168. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.374.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Contingency management improves smoking cessation treatment outcomes among highly impulsive adolescent smokers relative to cognitive behavioral therapy
Morean ME, Kong G, Camenga DR, Cavallo DA, Carroll KM, Pittman B, Krishnan-Sarin S. Contingency management improves smoking cessation treatment outcomes among highly impulsive adolescent smokers relative to cognitive behavioral therapy. Addictive Behaviors 2014, 42: 86-90. PMID: 25462659, PMCID: PMC4285343, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyImpulsive adolescentsAdolescent smokersContingency managementBehavioral therapyPoint prevalence abstinenceSelf-reported abstinenceEfficacy of CBTInteraction of impulsivitySelf-reported impulsivityBarratt Impulsiveness ScalePercent days abstinentSelf-reported abstinence ratesCessation treatment outcomeSmoking cessation trialImpulsiveness ScaleDays abstinentSignificant deficitsLinear modelingAdolescentsEOT abstinenceTreatment outcomesImpulsivityTeen smokersCessation trial
2013
An exploratory randomized controlled trial of a novel high-school-based smoking cessation intervention for adolescent smokers using abstinence–contingent incentives and cognitive behavioral therapy
Krishnan-Sarin S, Cavallo DA, Cooney JL, Schepis TS, Kong G, Liss TB, Liss AK, McMahon TJ, Nich C, Babuscio T, Rounsaville BJ, Carroll KM. An exploratory randomized controlled trial of a novel high-school-based smoking cessation intervention for adolescent smokers using abstinence–contingent incentives and cognitive behavioral therapy. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013, 132: 346-351. PMID: 23523130, PMCID: PMC3748248, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmoking cessation interventionCognitive behavioral therapyAbstinence-contingent incentivesAdolescent smokersCessation interventionsBehavioral therapyCigarette useEffective smoking cessation interventionsUrine cotinine levelsPoint prevalence abstinenceShort-term abstinenceSecondary outcomesCotinine levelsPrimary outcomeCessation treatmentCessation barriersCessation skillsFirst cigaretteFollow-upSmokersHigher abstinenceSurvival analysisNovel interventionsFour weeksHigh school