Abstinence and Abstainers

Smoking withdrawal dynamics: I. Abstinence distress in lapsers and abstainers.

Smoking withdrawal reports from a clinical trial (n = 893) were submitted to hierarchical linear modeling as a cross-method replication of a heterogeneity approach to withdrawal measurement and to clarify the influence of postcessation smoking on symptom reports. Five individual difference parameters tapping distinct facets of withdrawal were derived: intercepts (mean severity), linear slope (d...

A Scientific Review of Abstinence and Abstinence Programs

Characteristics of adolescent excessive drinkers compared with consumers and abstainers.

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS This study aimed at comparing adolescent abstainers, consumers and excessive drinkers in terms of family characteristics (structure of family, socioeconomic factors), perceived social support, personality characteristics (extraversion, self-esteem, aggression) and well-being. DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional data were obtained from 3694 elementary school students in th...

Acamprosate, alcoholism, and abstinence.

J Clin Psychiatry 2015;76(2):e224–e225 (doi:10.4088/JCP.14com09632). © Copyright 2015 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. P alcohol use affects more than 2 billion people and accounts for nearly 6% of all deaths worldwide.1 Alcohol use disorder can also significantly undermine the diagnosis and treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders. Thus, abstinence from alcohol and all other nonprescribe...

The Smoking Abstinence Questionnaire: measurement of smokers' abstinence-related expectancies.

AIMS To develop and validate a measure of smokers' expectancies for the abstinence process upon quitting smoking: the Smoking Abstinence Questionnaire (SAQ). DESIGN Principal component analysis and other psychometric analyses of self-report data. SETTING San Francisco, California. PARTICIPANTS A total of 507 adult smokers of at least 10 cigarettes per day diverse in gender, sexual orienta...