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Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2025

Mechanisms of change in a randomized control pilot study of partner-involved financial incentive treatments for dual-smoking couples.

Michelle R vanDellen, Julian W C Wright, Brittnee M Hampton, Krista W Ranby, Steven R H Beach, Ye Shen, James M MacKillop

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dyadic patterns of abstinence from smoking in dual-smoking couples enrolled in a pilot randomized clinical trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Michelle R vanDellenDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.ORCID 0000-0002-3457-194X
Julian W C WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Brittnee M HamptonDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.ORCID 0009-0001-5331-9037
Krista W RanbyDepartment of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver.
Steven R H BeachDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Ye ShenDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia.
James M MacKillopDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia.

Funding

Tissue Pathology Shared ResourceP30CA225520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI ROBERT S. MANNEL · 2018 to 2026
$27.1M
Randomized Controlled Trial of Dyadic Financial Incentive Treatment for Dual Smoker Couples: Evaluation of Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Cost EffectivenessR01CA276594 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Michelle Renee vanDellen · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Testing Financial Incentive Interventions in Dyadic-Smoker CouplesR21CA241570 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI VANDELLEN, MICHELLE RENEE · 2020 to 2020
$382k
NCI NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS P30 CA225520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA276594NCI NIH HHS R21 CA241570NIH HHSOklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveDual-smoker couples exhibit highly interdependent smoking behaviors, less frequent quit attempts, higher risk of relapse, and lower cessation rates. Financial incentive treatments are a promising form of intervention that lead to abstinence and can be adapted to address the motivational and relationship obstacles that dual-smoker couples face.

methodWe enrolled 95 dual-smoker couples (total

resultsThe results suggest that self-directed and partner-directed motivation changed in response to partner-involved financial incentive treatments. Change in self-directed motivation mediated the effect of the intervention on individual and joint abstinence at follow-up; partner-directed motivation also mediated the effect of the intervention on joint abstinence at follow-up.

conclusionsOur findings highlight the benefits of dyadic adaptations of treatments for dual-smoker couples and point to potential motivational mechanisms of behavior change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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MotivationSmokingSmoking CessationAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projects

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PMCPMC12353068

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