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Evaluation of a Self-help Smoking Cessation Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Christina Lee
Christina Lee*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle
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Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308
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Abstract

Evaluation of a self-help smoking cessation program indicated it to be moderately successful in helping community members to reduce smoking. However, there was no relationship between success and the extent to which components of the program had been used; nor did locus of control or self-efficacy predict success. Further, several participants decided to become controlled smokers, an alternative which was not included in the program. These findings suggest that users of self-help materials take an active role in selection and modifying components of such programs. A clearer idea of what people actually do with the materials supplied would provide a better understanding of the process of change and assist researchers in the development of effective programs.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 87 - 93
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1991

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