Finding the Right Match: Mindfulness Training May Potentiate the Therapeutic Effect of Nonjudgment of Inner Experience on Smoking Cessation. (16th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schuman-Olivier, Zev; Hoeppner, Bettina B.; Evins, A. Eden; Brewer, Judson A.
• Is Part Of: Substance use & misuse. Volume 49:Number 5(2014)
• Page Start: 586
• Page End: 594
• Publication Date: 2014-04-16
• Subjects: Narcotic habit -- Periodicals; Alcoholism -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Behavior, Addictive -- Periodicals; Sustance-Related Disorders -- Periodicals; 362.2905
• DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.850254
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1082-6084

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Mindfulness training (MT) is an emerging therapeutic modality for addictive disorders. Nonjudgment of inner experience, a component of mindfulness, may influence addiction treatment response. To test whether this component influences smoking cessation, tobacco smokers (<italic>n</italic> = 85) in a randomized control trial of MT vs. <italic>Freedom from Smoking</italic> (FFS), a standard cognitive-behaviorally-oriented treatment, were divided into split-half subgroups based on baseline Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire nonjudgment subscale. Smokers who rarely judge inner experience (nonjudgment &gt; 30.5) smoked less during follow-up when randomized to MT (3.9 cigs/d) vs. FFS (11.1 cigs/d), <italic>p</italic> &lt; .01. Measuring trait nonjudgment may help personalize treatment assignments, improving outcomes.</p> </abstract>