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NCT Number: NCT03295409

Testing Familial Self-affirmation for Smoking Cessation

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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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

HC Engineering Company, Hong Kong

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Smoker

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-smoker
  • Unable or unwilling to complete questionnaire

Treatment and study plan

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Smoking cessation

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported quitting

  2. Quit attempts

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported quit attempts

  3. Nicotine dependence

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported nicotine dependence

  4. Craving

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported cravings

Secondary outcomes

  1. Habit

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported habit

  2. Self-regulation

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported self-regulation

  3. Subjective well-being

    Time frame: 1 month

    Self-reported subjective well-being

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Manchester

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Sep 27, 2017
Registry last updated
May 2, 2018

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