Web-Based Contingency Management for Smoking Abstinence with Adolescents

描述（由申请人提供）：青少年可能是戒烟努力的一个独特的具有挑战性的生命时期。许多现在的吸烟者是在青少年时期开始吸烟的，有大量证据表明，绝大多数曾经每天吸烟的青少年在成年后继续吸烟。然而，多达65%的青少年每日吸烟者报告想要戒烟或减少吸烟。青少年吸烟者报告对戒烟感兴趣和这些青少年最终继续吸烟到成年的百分比之间的差异说明需要可行和有效的行为治疗来支持这一人群。为了响应青少年吸烟者的治疗需求，本研究（采用两组随机对照设计，每组63人）将评估一种新的创新的基于互联网的应急管理（CM）计划对青少年吸烟者戒烟的有效性和疗效。因为这个CM项目是基于互联网的，它可以在家里完成，作为青少年吸烟者的治疗选择，这比其他需要频繁前往临床机构的治疗更可行。从对成人和青少年吸烟者的初步研究来看，预计这种治疗方案将非常有效地改变青少年的吸烟行为。这项研究还将包括八个月的治疗后随访会议，以确定吸烟行为的长期一致性或变化。本研究的第二个目的是探讨冲动行为不同维度的治疗前评估作为治疗结果的预测因子。这些行为评估将提供有关青少年吸烟者在治疗期间无法有效改变其吸烟行为的具体行为风格的详细信息。这些信息应该为治疗方案的修改提供新的重点，以改进这些方案，使其对努力戒烟或减少吸烟的青少年更有效。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Adolescence may represent a uniquely challenging life period for smoking-cessation efforts. Many current cigarette smokers began smoking during adolescence, and there is substantial evidence that the vast majority of adolescents who ever smoked daily continue smoking into adulthood. However, as many as 65% of adolescent daily smokers report wanting to quit or reduce smoking. The disparity between adolescent smokers reporting an interest in abstinence and the percentage of these adolescents who ultimately continue smoking into adulthood illustrates the need for feasible and powerful behavioral treatments to support this population. In response to the need for treatments appropriate for adolescent smokers, this research (utilizing a two-group randomized-control design, n = 63 per group) will evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of a new and innovative Internet-based contingency-management (CM) program for smoking abstinence with adolescent smokers. Because this CM program is Internet based it can be completed from home, which stands to be more viable as a treatment option for adolescent smokers than other treatments requiring frequent trips to a clinical facility. From preliminary work with adult and adolescent smokers, it is expected this treatment program will be highly effective in creating favorable changes in adolescent smoking behavior. This research will also involve eight monthly post-treatment follow-up sessions to determine long-term consistencies or changes in smoking behavior. A secondary goal of this research is to explore pre-treatment assessments of different dimensions of impulsive behavior as predictors of treatment outcome. These behavioral assessments will provide highly detailed information about the specific behavioral styles of adolescent smokers who are unable to effectively change their smoking behavior during treatment. This information should provide new points of emphasis for treatment- program modifications to improve these programs to be more effective for adolescents most challenged in their efforts to quit or reduce smoking.