ArticleThe journal of positive psychology2014
Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation: Treatment Development, Feasibility and Preliminary Results.
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- Positive psychological interventions for substance use, addiction and recovery: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Smoking cessation for improving mental health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Activating perceived social support combined with diluting loneliness: Effects of the personal resources energized intervention program (PREIP) on problematic smartphone use among adolescents.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Trial
- Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Nondaily Smoking With Telephone Onboarding: Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Positive psychological interventions on alcohol use and consequences: Pilot randomized trial in a young adult cannabis-using sample.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- The effect of happiness-based education on women's success of water pipe smoking cessation and happiness: a quasi-experimental study.BMC psychology · 2023Trial
- Results of a pilot study examining the effect of positive psychology interventions on cannabis use and related consequences.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Trial
- Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation Enhanced with Text Messaging: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
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- Positive Psychology Interventions in Medical Populations: Critical Issues in Intervention Development, Testing, and Implementation.Affective science · 2023Review
- Testing the Outcomes of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Nondaily Smokers: Protocol for a Proof-of-concept Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Development, Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Positive Psychology Journaling Intervention to Support Addiction Recovery.The journal of positive psychology · 2023Article
- Feature-Level Analysis of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App Based on a Positive Psychology Approach: Prospective Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Positive Internal Experiences in PTSD Interventions: A Critical Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2022Review
- A Smoking Cessation App for Nondaily Smokers (Version 2 of the Smiling Instead of Smoking App): Acceptability and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- POSITIVE PSYCHIATRY INTERVENTIONS IN GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Leveraging Positive Psychology to Support Smoking Cessation in Nondaily Smokers Using a Smartphone App: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Anhedonia as a phenotypic marker of familial transmission of polysubstance use trajectories across midadolescence.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Article
- Positive psychotherapy for smoking cessation enhanced with text messaging: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2018Article
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Abstract
Low positive and high negative affect predict low rates of smoking abstinence among smokers making a quit attempt. Positive Psychotherapy can both increase positive affect and decrease negative affect and therefore may be a useful adjunct to behavioral smoking counseling. The purpose of the present study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation (PPT-S) intervention that integrates standard smoking cessation counseling with nicotine patch and a package of positive psychology interventions. We delivered PPT-S to 19 smokers who were low in positive affect at baseline. Rates of session attendance and satisfaction with treatment were high, and most participants reported using and benefiting from the positive psychology interventions. Almost one-third of participants (31.6%) sustained smoking abstinence for 6 months after their quit date. Future studies to assess the relative efficacy of PPT-S compared to standard smoking cessation treatment are warranted.
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