Delwyn Catley

..Knowledge of differences between those who return for enrollment and those who do not may be used to increase AA enrollment in clinical trials...

..It is hypothesized that MI will be more effective at inducing quit attempts and smoking cessation at 6-month follow-up than brief advice to quit and an intensity-matched health education condition...

..To examine, in a naturalistic context, the effect of manipulating smokers' control over their smoking behavior on subjective responses to smoking...

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..Findings suggest that a focus on coping skills should be included in any multimodal intervention to increase ART adherence among HIV-positive drug using patients...

..Close monitoring combined with the use of multiple recruitment methods and flexible recruitment plans can lead to successful, efficient, and low-cost recruitment of minorities into clinical trials...

..Results suggest that unsuccessful participation in a smoking cessation program does not meaningfully reduce smokers' self-efficacy and motivation to quit...

..Results suggest that methods to help African Americans cope with stress as they attempt to quit smoking may prevent relapse to smoking...

..This study identifies factors that predict successful quitting among African-Americans participating in a smoking cessation trial...

..Few clinical trials for smoking cessation in African Americans have been conducted, despite a different profile of both smoking and quitting patterns...

..This study examined differences between African American menthol and non-menthol smokers in smoking characteristics and cessation...

..Results suggest that the two variables tap different aspects of motivation to change smoking behaviors, and that autonomous regulation predicts smoking behavior change better than negative self-evaluative emotions...

..Several expected associations with outcomes were not found, suggesting that BMI and weight constructs are not well-understood in this population...

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..To use the theory of planned behavior to identify predictors of intentions to use cessation aids when quitting smoking...

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..Few articles have examined specific counseling tools used to increase antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. We present communication tools used in the context of Project MOTIV8, a randomized clinical trial...

..This study confirmed the pathway to quit smoking through increase in self-efficacy...

..Results suggest the brief SCQ-A may be a useful alternative to the full scale SCQ-A. Results also provide evidence for the SCQ-A's validity with African American smokers...

..The authors examined the role of negative affect regulation expectancies as a potential mediator of depression (history of depression and depressive symptoms) and smoking among college students...

..Overall, results support Self-determination Theory's conceptualization of AR and indicate that AR may be a more robust predictor of medication adherence than LOC variables...

..Future research should use experimental designs to better examine whether a causal relationship exists and examine the impact of other types of opioid maintenance medications on smoking patterns...

..The most frequent categories of events to cue recall of smoking were socializing, work, and school. Findings can be used to target prevention efforts...

..05-2.15). Our findings highlight the importance of social support during an active quit attempt for African American males and females and have implications for public health and medical interventions for African American smokers...

..To create, implement, and evaluate a pharmacy course on motivational interviewing...

..The current study examined sleep disturbance (i.e., sleep duration, sleep quality) as a correlate of stress reactivity and pain reactivity...

..Although men and women did not differ on readiness to quit, women reported higher scores on the negative affect reduction subscale than did men...

..To identify predictors of future adoption of home smoking restriction (HSR), given that 40% of inner-city smokers report current HSR...

..19, p < .05). Although the results indicated a significant association between depressive symptoms and level of smoking, they generally did not support the notion that depressive symptoms are associated with failure to quit...

..Results suggest that nicotine gum plus MI were not effective for smoking cessation in low-income housing. Programs are needed to enhance the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy and counseling in underserved populations...

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..The potential public health impact is large because it could extend the reach of effective cessation interventions to the majority of smokers who are unmotivated and reduce the decades-long lag between smoking initiation and cessation. ..