Trial reportAddictive behaviors2017
Does self-efficacy causally influence initial smoking cessation? An experimental study.
Trial report in Addictive behaviors, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy of digital interventions for smoking cessation by type and method: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Lower self-efficacy and greater depressive symptoms predict greater failure to recover from a single lapse cigarette.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Developing a Machine Learning Model for Personalized, Predictor-Centric, Adaptive Intervention for Vaping Cessation in Young People: Secondary Data Analysis of Smartphone App Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Self-Efficacy as a Mechanism of Behavior Change in Addiction Science and Practice.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Initial Psychometric Testing of the Harm Reduction Self-Efficacy Scale (HRSES).Addiction research & theory · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of Behavior Change in Substance Use Disorder With and Without Formal Treatment.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2022Review
- Integrative data analysis of self-efficacy in 4 clinical trials for alcohol use disorder.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Those who believe they can, do: The relationship between smoking avoidance beliefs, perceived risks of smoking, and behavior in a sexual and gender minority young adult sample.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Examining outcome expectancies for smoking vs. abstinence among adult daily smokers.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
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- Feasibility of a text-messaging smoking cessation program for soldiers in Israel.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Self-efficacy has been associated with smoking cessation outcomes in many correlational research studies, but strong causal inferences are lacking. This study tested whether self-efficacy affects initial smoking cessation in a laboratory experiment, which will allow for stronger causal inferences in this domain of inquiry. Participants (n=103 motivated adult smokers) were provided with brief cessation treatment over three days in preparation for quitting on a target quit day (TQD). In addition, participants were randomized to one of two standard self-efficacy manipulations in the form of bogus feedback about their chances of quitting smoking. Participants in the Average Chances of Quitting (ACQ) condition took a computerized test and were told (falsely) that the test showed that they had the same chances of quitting as everyone else in the study. Participants in the High Chances of Quitting (HCQ) condition took the same computerized test and were told (falsely) that the test showed that they had a greater chance of quitting compared to everyone else in the study. The main outcome was whether participants were able to quit for 24h on the TQD. Results revealed that HCQ participants had a significantly greater chance of quitting smoking compared to ACQ participants. However, these effects were not attributable to changes in self-efficacy brought about by the manipulation. An exploration of other potential mediators showed that the manipulation actually influenced smoking outcome expectancies, and changes in these outcome expectancies influenced initial smoking cessation. The results highlight the conceptual and empirical challenges with manipulating self-efficacy in the smoking literature.
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