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“States-of-mind” analysis of the articulated thoughts of exsmokers

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Clinical observation indicates that self-efficacy (SE), though generally linked with maintaining smoking cessation, can be excessive. The states-of-mind (SOM) model offers a testable means of predicting when positive thinking will be detrimental. Specifically, the “positive-monologue” SOM (ratio of positive to positive +negative thoughts ≥ .69) is seen as maladaptive. This model was tested by relating SOM ratios for SE-relevant thinking, measured in articulated thoughts shortly after smoking cessation, to later smoking status. Contrary to predictions, positive-monologue SOMs were (a) typical and (b) predictive of longer periods of abstinence than were less positive cognitive balances. Several explanations are considered for this divergence from the SOM model.

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  1. University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Gerald C. Davison

  2. Miami University of Ohio, 45056, Oxford, Ohio, USA

    Heather B. Twomey

  3. Department of Psychology, American University, Asbury Building, 20016-8062, Washington, DC, USA

    David A. F. Haaga, Wilson McDermut & Stephen L. Hillis

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This research was supported by grant Nos. 53-3103-9950 and 53-3103-5051 from the NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant Program. We thank the Southern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists and Smokenders, Inc., for permission to recruit subjects from their smoking cessation programs; Christina Claffy, Michele Feder, and Christopher Rott for assistance in coding articulated-thoughts transcripts; and Diane Arnkoff and two anonymous reviewers for feedback on an earlier version of this paper. These data were presented at the 26th annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, November 1992, Boston.

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Haaga, D.A.F., Davison, G.C., McDermut, W. et al. “States-of-mind” analysis of the articulated thoughts of exsmokers. Cogn Ther Res 17, 427–439 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01173055

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