The treatment of smoking as a self-defeating behavior.
This study (n = 18 men and women) sought to determine whether (a) the Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors Workshop would help smokers significantly decrease their smoking behavior, (b) this decrease would be maintained for four weeks, and (c) the Rotter I-E Scale could predict which smokers would show the most significant decrease and maintain this reduction. The results indicated that members of the experimental group made significant decreases in their smoking rates (p less than .001) and maintained this reduction for four weeks. The experimental group also made significant changes toward more internal locus of control at the conclusion of the workshop (p less than .10) but did not maintain this change at the four-week follow-up. The Rotter I-E Scale was unable to predict which individuals would show the most significant decrease in smoking rate and maintain this reduction.
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention