Christopher Kahler

..Mechanisms explaining this association are unknown but could include (a) learned associations between drinking and smoking or (b) direct pharmacologic effects of alcohol...

..Results suggest that commitment is a highly relevant construct for smoking cessation, which can be reliably assessed with the Commitment to Quitting Smoking Scale and which may be an excellent target for smoking cessation treatments...

..Integrating brief alcohol intervention into smoking cessation treatment appears feasible, but further development is needed to yield lasting effects on smoking...

..Likewise, prior studies have not addressed whether personality shows differential associations with smoking based on the presence or absence of lifetime psychiatric disorders...

..Results indicate that among patients undergoing alcohol detoxification, ME-12 may be beneficial only for those who have little experience with 12-step groups...

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..A shortened, alternative version of the YAAPST is proposed, and a norm table is provided that allows for a linking of total YAAPST scores to expected symptom expression...

..Results suggest hostility may play an important role in smoking motivation and cessation outcomes among smokers with past major depression...

..Neither drinking frequency nor weekly quantity of consumption showed robust associations with quitting behaviors. Results indicate further study of interventions to address heavy drinking among smokers is warranted...

..In this study, we conduct in-depth analyses of interview items used to assess alcohol abuse and dependence...

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..Results suggest implicit cognition regarding the social consequences of smoking may be a relevant predictor of smoking cessation outcome...

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..Unexpected was that CBT-D was associated with greater negative mood and depressive symptoms and increased MDE risk. Results suggest complex bidirectional associations between affect and smoking outcomes...

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..This study examined alcohol use and its association with initial smoking lapses among heavy nondependent drinkers in smoking cessation treatment...

..Accordingly, the current study examined within-person covariation between time-varying abstinence and depressive symptom in a multilevel model (MLM), which allowed for transitions between smoking statuses within a participant...

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..Results suggest potential biases in generation and recall of alcohol-related information that could act to maintain excessive drinking by making certain types of information more available during decision making...

..Results highlight the close connection between psychological and relationship distress and potential relations between alcohol-related coping behaviors and both psychological and relationship distress...

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..Results suggest that White students and those high on sensation seeking may drink more heavily in college, in part because they select social environments in which alcohol use is encouraged...

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..Smoking abstinence did not moderate hostility effects. Cigarette smoking may prevent continuing increases in negative mood after social stress in HH smokers, which may partially explain their low rates of quitting...

..This finding is consistent with previous studies that have shown that smoking cessation does not have a detrimental effect on substance abuse treatment outcomes among youth...

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..The efficacy of contingency-management (CM) and motivational enhancement therapy (MET) for college student smoking cessation was examined...

..Findings have implications for initial post-treatment change as it relates to subsequent smoking and cessation outcomes among adolescent smokers at especially high risk for smoking persistence...

..Results suggest that among smokers with an MDD history there is substantial heterogeneity in patterns of depressive symptoms during quitting and that patterns involving increased symptoms are associated with low abstinence rates...

..These findings suggest that anhedonia may be a preexisting risk factor or protracted effect of stimulant misuse...

..Preliminary data from a pilot study (N = 16) are presented, and clinical implications are discussed...

..0018. Interventions targeting anhedonia and low positive affect may be useful for smokers trying to quit...

..The aim of this study was to establish profiles of mandated students from a combined data set using exploratory and replication cluster analysis...

..An a priori test of treatment effects in smokers with these depression vulnerability factors is warranted in future clinical trials...

..This study demonstrated the feasibility of the BPD research with marijuana and yielded promising results for future studies examining the independent and combined effects of marijuana pharmacology and expectancies...

..The goal of the present study was to examine the factor structure and estimated severity of alcohol-use disorder (AUD) symptoms in a sample of treatment-seeking psychiatric outpatients...

..As with adults, evidence indicated that lapses were associated with craving, negative affect, and smoking cues. These data support the feasibility and potential value of using EMA with adolescent smokers...

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..Studies of treatment-related changes in precessation affect or urges to smoke are needed to evaluate the proposed mechanisms of these treatments...

..Finally, we examined concurrent validity of the ND continuum and levels of current of smoking at each wave of assessment...

..51). Greater positive urgency, but not other impulsivity-related traits, was associated with significantly higher levels of nicotine dependence, explaining 29% of the variance in level of nicotine dependence...

..Therefore, interventions and policies directed towards increasing smoking cessation are unlikely to affect rates of hazardous drinking unless they include specific elements that address alcohol consumption...

..Certain vegetative, melancholic and dysphoric depressive symptoms are closely associated with nicotine dependence and could play an important etiological role in depression-nicotine dependence comorbidity...

..Therefore, pregaming and drinking games appear to be distinct activities. This research suggests methods of prevention for both activities as well as promising research directions for future research...

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..Implications of these findings for the assessment of adolescent smoking are discussed...

..The purpose of this study is to examine the accuracy with which the depressive episodes of alcoholics undergoing treatment are classified as substance-induced depression (SID) or independent major depressive disorder (MDD)...

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..The results of the study suggest that substance use and abuse should routinely be assessed as part of batterer interventions and that batterer programs would be improved by offering adjunct or integrated alcohol treatment...

..More precise assessment of nicotine dependence would improve the predictive value of these measures and ultimately help inform nicotine dependence treatments...

..The results of the study suggest that substance use and abuse should routinely be assessed as part of batterer interventions and that batterer programs would be improved by offering adjunct or integrated alcohol treatment...

..L. Cooper et al. (1995). These findings point to the importance of social influences and of positive reinforcement motives but not to the centrality of drinking motives in this population...

..Theoretical and clinical implications of distress tolerance in smoking cessation are discussed and the development of a specialized and novel behavioral distress tolerance treatment for early smoking lapsers is proposed...

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..Results suggest that DSM-IV and mFTQ measures of nicotine dependence provide complementary information when assessing nicotine dependence levels among adolescents with psychiatric disorders...

..High retention rates and participant satisfaction ratings suggest the promise of implementing stepped care with this population. Considerations for future applications of stepped care with mandated students are discussed...

..Victims of severe partner violence were significantly more likely than were victims of minor partner violence to report self-defense as a reason for their violence perpetration. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed...

..There was no relationship between physical distress tolerance and early treatment dropout. Implications for future studies and treatment development or modification are discussed...

..These investigations should focus primarily on smokers in early alcohol recovery...

..NHS participants significantly reduced their drinking as well. Service delivery and treatment research implications are discussed...

..Specific YAACQ subscale scores (Impaired Control, Dependence Symptoms, Blackout Drinking) showed unique prediction of persistent drinking and academic outcomes...

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..Results underscore the potential importance of assessing and treating psychiatric disorders in smoking prevention and cessation efforts...

..Further, when considered in a logistic regression analysis, only the Sensation Seeking total score and the BART score contributed uniquely to the differentiation of smokers and nonsmokers...

..These results indicate that the BART may be a useful tool in the assessment of risk taking...

..Systematic replications including a prospective design are recommended...

..These findings are discussed in regard to the role of negative affect vulnerability factors in smoking cessation with specific reference to panic attacks...

..The present study describes the development and initial validation of a measure designed to capture a broad range of alcohol-related consequences experienced by male and female college students...

..Future research should focus primarily on investigating ways to improve smoking quit rates for smokers in early alcohol recovery...

..Results are discussed in relation to panic-relevant emotional sensitivity processes involved with smoking...

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..These discrepancy processes did not, however, mediate the relationship between condition and outcome. The findings lend some support to the role of discrepancy enhancement in drinking-related behavior change among college students...

..Across treatment conditions, marital happiness was related positively to abstinence in concurrent but not time-lagged analyses...

..The causal nature of the significant associations and the degree to which modification of these factors increases the probability of future smoking cessation deserve further attention...

..Although naltrexone has been widely researched in the context of drinking and smoking behaviors, with each substance studied separately, little is known about the effects of naltrexone on craving for cigarettes during alcohol intoxication...

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..Testing the potential benefits of naltrexone in this specific context can make a significant contribution to public health efforts to reduce the enormous health costs associated with combined heavy drinking and smoking. ..

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..Developing effective interventions that address alcohol use during smoking cessation treatment can make a major public health impact on this large, yet neglected, subgroup of smokers. ..

..Testing the potential benefits of naltrexone in this specific context can make a significant contribution to public health efforts to reduce the enormous health costs associated with combined heavy drinking and smoking. ..