ArticleJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2014
Anhedonia, depressed mood, and smoking cessation outcome.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smoking cessation for improving mental health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Cigarette smoking and depression comorbidity: systematic review and proposed theoretical model.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Time-varying mediated effects of the nicotine patch on smoking before and after a quit attempt when it is added to varenicline and counseling.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Trial
- Behavioral Activation mHealth Application for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
- Depression Severity Moderates Reward Learning Among Smokers With Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder in a Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
- Development of a targeted behavioral treatment for smoking cessation among individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Daily adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in low-income smokers: The role of gender, negative mood, motivation, and self-efficacy.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- Association of Spontaneous and Induced Self-Affirmation With Smoking Cessation in Users of a Mobile App: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Time-varying effects of 'optimized smoking treatment' on craving, negative affect and anhedonia.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Trial
- Which Method of Assessing Depression and Anxiety Best Predicts Smoking Cessation: Screening Instruments or Self-Reported Conditions?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- The effects of mindfulness-based yogic breathing on craving, affect, and smoking behavior.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Cognitive-behavioral treatment with behavioral activation for smoking cessation: Randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Behavioral activation for smoking cessation and mood management following a cardiac event: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Anhedonia Is Associated with Poorer Outcomes in Contingency Management for Cocaine Use Disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Is the Effect of Anhedonia on Smoking Cessation Greater for Women Versus Men?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- Anhedonia as a component of the tobacco withdrawal syndrome.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2015Trial
- Association between duration of smoking cessation and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Associations of Trait Psychomotor Restlessness and Agitation With Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms in a Nonclinical Sample of Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Expanding the scope of the withdrawal syndrome: Anhedonia as a core nicotine withdrawal symptom.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Observational
- Evaluating state-based network dynamics in anhedonia.Neuroimage. Reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough the relation between lifetime depression and smoking cessation outcome has been well studied, the proposition that different symptomatic expressions of depression exert disparate predictive effects on risk of smoking cessation failure has largely gone uninvestigated. This study analyzed the individual contributions of depression's 2 hallmark affective symptoms, anhedonia (i.e., diminished interest in normally enjoyable activities) and depressed mood (i.e., elevated sadness), to the prediction of smoking cessation outcome.
methodParticipants were adult daily smokers (N = 1,469; mean age = 45 years, 58% female, 84% White) enrolled in a smoking cessation treatment study. Lifetime history of anhedonia and depressed mood were classified via structured interview prior to quit day. Seven-day point prevalence smoking abstinence was assessed at 8 weeks and 6 months postquit.
resultsWhen examined separately, both lifetime anhedonia, OR (95% CI) = 1.42 (1.16, 1.73), p = .004, and depressed mood, OR (95% CI) = 1.35 (1.11, 1.63), p = .002, predicted increased odds of relapse. These relations remained after adjusting for covariates, including lifetime depressive disorder, which did not predict outcome. After controlling for the covariation between lifetime anhedonia and depressed mood, anhedonia predicted cessation outcome, OR (95% CI) = 1.31 (1.05, 1.62), p = .02, while depressed mood did not (p = .19). Symptom duration (>2 weeks), treatment, and substance use disorder did not modify relations of lifetime anhedonia and depressed mood with cessation outcome.
conclusionsResults suggest that (1) symptoms of affective disturbance capture depression-relevant risk of cessation failure, which is not adequately demarcated by the lifetime depressive disorder diagnosis, and (2) anhedonia is a more sensitive index of this affective disturbance than depressed mood per se. Clinical attention to anhedonia may facilitate smoking cessation.
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