Motivation in Tobacco Use Cessation Research

Abstract

This paper summarizes four major conceptions of motivation that have been applied to cigarette smoking cessation. These conceptions are the direction-energy, transtheoretical, intrinsic/extrinsic, and self-regulation models. Constituents of each of these models are suggested. Implications of these theories of motivation for an integrative model of smoking cessation are discussed.

• Motivation
• Tobacco use cessation
• Dimensions of motivations
• Constituents of motivations

Resumen

Este es un resumen de los cuatro conceptos mayores que aplican a la motivación para dejar de fumar cigarrillos. Estos conceptos son: enfoque de energía, transteórico, intríseco/extrínseco, y modelos de autoregulación. Los componentes de cada uno de estos modelos son sugieridos. Se discuten las implicaciónes de estas teórias de motivació para un modelo de integración sobre el paro de fumar cigarillos.

Résumé

Ce papier est un résumé des quatre principales conceptions des motivations liées à la decision de cesser de fumer. Ces conceptions sont: Direction-énergie; Tranthérique, intrinsèque’\extrinsèque et les modèles de self-règulation. Les constituants de chacun de ces modèles sont évoqués. Les implication de ces thèories de motivation pour un modèle intègratif de cessation de fumer sont également analysées.

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Notes on contributors

Elahe Nezami

Elahe Nezami, Ph.D., received her doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1993. She completed a three-year National Cancer Institute-funded postdoctoral fellowship in 1997 and currently is a Research Assistant Professor and Director of the undergraduate program in the Department of Preventive Medicine. Her research interests include tobacco use prevention and cessation, cross-cultural interpretation of mental health measures, and international health.

Steve Sussman

Steve Sussman, Ph.D., received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1984. He served on a clinical psychology residency at Jackson Veterans Administration and University of Mississippi Medical Centers and now is a Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Psychology and Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research at the University of Southern California. He has published over 170 articles, chapters, or books in the area of drug abuse prevention and cessation. He was the principal investigator of Project Towards No Tobacco Use (TNT), a tobacco use prevention project which is recognized by CDC, NIDA, CSAP, the U.S. Department of Education, and Sociometrics Inc. as a model program. He is also the principal investigator of Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND), an indicated drug abuse prevention project which is recognized as a model program by NIDA, CSAP, Health Canada, Sociometrics, and various State Departments of Education. Subareas of particular focus are prediction of tobacco and other drug use, school-based tobacco and other drug abuse prevention and cessation, other research with high risk populations, and placing an emphasis on the use of program development methods.

Mary Ann Pentz

Mary Ann Pentz, Ph.D., received her doctorate in psychology from Syracuse University in 1978. She has chaired the NIDA Epidemiology and Prevention Studies section and has served on advisory boards for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and OSAP in the area of community substance abuse prevention. She is now a Professor of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research at the University of Southern California. Her interests include community approaches to substance abuse prevention, policy effects on drug abuse, and stress prevention.