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ArticleContemporary clinical trials communications2019

Approach bias retraining to augment smoking cessation: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Jasper A J Smits, Scarlett O Baird, Mike Rinck, David Rosenfield, Christopher G Beevers, Richard A Brown, Haley E Conroy, Noura Alavi, Christina D Dutcher, Slaton Z Freeman

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Approach Bias and Tobacco Craving as Mechanisms of the Effect of Approach Bias Retraining on Smoking Cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jasper A J SmitsDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Scarlett O BairdDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Mike RinckBahavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
David RosenfieldDepartment of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States.
Christopher G BeeversDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Richard A BrownSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Haley E ConroyDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Noura AlaviDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Christina D DutcherDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Slaton Z FreemanDepartment of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.

Funding

Approach Bias Retraining to Augment Smoking CessationR34DA044431 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI SMITS, JASPER · 2017 to 2019
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NIDA NIH HHS R34 DA044431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy users and addicted individuals have shown to develop an approach action tendency - or approach bias - toward stimuli related to the substance of interest. Emerging evidence points to approach bias retraining (ABR) as an effective aid for the treatment of addictive behaviors. The current study seeks to extend this work by testing, in a pilot study, whether standard smoking cessation treatment involving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and nicotine replacement therapy can be augmented by ABR. To this end, we will randomly assign 100 adult smokers to either ABR-augmented treatment or placebo-augmented treatment and compare the two conditions on short-term and long-term abstinence rates. The hope is that the findings of this study can inform treatment development for adult smokers.

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