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Evidence suggests that affirming the self can help people to make changes in their health behavior. Typically, people affirm a personally-important value, but evidence suggests that affirming the values of family ("familial self-affirmation") might exert stronger effects. The aim of the present study is to examine the effects of familial self-affirmation versus standard self-affirmation versus a control group on smoking cessation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental: Standard self-affirmation | Experimental | Participants are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention at the end of a questionnaire: The beginning to a sentence appears below. Below it are 4 different ways of completing the sentence. On the lines below, please write out the beginning of the sentence and then complete it with 1 of the 4 options we have given you. If I feel threatened or anxious, then I will…
If…___________________________________________________________________ |
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| Experimental: Familial self-affirmation | Experimental | Participants are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention at the end of a questionnaire: The beginning to a sentence appears below. Below it are 4 different ways of completing the sentence. On the lines below, please write out the beginning of the sentence and then complete it with 1 of the 4 options we have given you. If I feel threatened or anxious, then I will…
If…__________________________________________________________________ |
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| Control | No Intervention | Participants are asked to complete a questionnaire. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-affirmation | Behavioral | Participants are asked to complete a standard questionnaire and on the last page they are asked to form a self-affirming implementation intention by copying out a sentence. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking cessation | Self-reported quitting | 1 month |
| Quit attempts | Self-reported quit attempts | 1 month |
| Nicotine dependence | Self-reported nicotine dependence | 1 month |
| Craving | Self-reported cravings | 1 month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Habit | Self-reported habit | 1 month |
| Self-regulation | Self-reported self-regulation | 1 month |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D016540 | Smoking Cessation |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Subjective well-being | Self-reported subjective well-being | 1 month |
| Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong |