QUITTING SMS 1 Running head: QUITTING SMS Using SMS text messaging to assess moderators of smoking reduction: Validating a new tool for ecological measurement of health behaviors
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Elliot T. Berkman University of Oregon Janna Dickenson University of California, Los Angeles Emily B. Falk University of Michigan Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles Abstract word count: 200 Word count: 5798 Pages: 33 Address correspondence to: Elliot Berkman Department of Psychology University of Oregon 1227 University of Oregon Eugene, OR, 97403-1227 Phone: (541) 346-4909 Fax: (541) 346-4911 e-mail: [email protected]
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Using SMS text messaging to assess moderators of smoking reduction: Validating a new tool for ecological measurement of health behaviors.
OBJECTIVE Understanding the psychological processes that contribute to smoking reduction will yield population health benefits. Negative mood may moderate smoking lapse during cessation, but this relationship has been difficult to measure in ongoing daily experience. We used a novel form of ecological momentary assessment to test a self-control model of negative mood and craving leading to smok...
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