title: Finding the right match: mindfulness training may potentiate the therapeutic effect of nonjudgment of inner experience on smoking cessation.
abstract: Mindfulness training (MT) is an emerging therapeutic modality for addictive disorders. Nonjudgment of inner experience, a component of mindfulness, may influence addiction treatment response. To test whether this component influences smoking cessation, tobacco smokers (n = 85) in a randomized control trial of MT vs. Freedom from Smoking (FFS), a standard cognitive-behaviorally-oriented treatment, were divided into split-half subgroups based on baseline Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire nonjudgment subscale. Smokers who rarely judge inner experience (nonjudgment > 30.5) smoked less during follow-up when randomized to MT (3.9 cigs/d) vs. FFS (11.1 cigs/d), p < .01. Measuring trait nonjudgment may help personalize treatment assignments, improving outcomes.
authors.affiliation: 1Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
authors.forename: Zev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Schuman-Olivier
authors.forename: Bettina B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Hoeppner
authors.forename: A Eden
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Evins
authors.forename: Judson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome