2020
A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol for Engaging Distress Tolerance and Working Memory to Aid Smoking Cessation in Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Adults
Otto MW, Zvolensky MJ, Rosenfield D, Hoyt DL, Witkiewitz K, McKee SA, Bickel WK, Smits JAJ. A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol for Engaging Distress Tolerance and Working Memory to Aid Smoking Cessation in Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Adults. Health Psychology 2020, 39: 815-825. PMID: 32833483, PMCID: PMC8489738, DOI: 10.1037/hea0000858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistress toleranceMindfulness interventionLow distress toleranceCessation attemptsLow socioeconomic contextExperimental medicine approachRandomized clinical trial designWorking memoryLow socioeconomic status adultsMemory capacitySmoking lapseTarget of treatmentHeightened stressTreatment refinementNicotine useQuit attemptsControlled Trial ProtocolMechanistic targetStrongest predictorSpecific vulnerabilitiesClinical trial designLow educational attainmentEducational attainmentLapseTherapeutic gain
2000
A Path Analysis of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Predictors of Treatment Response in a Methadone Maintenance Program
Avants S, Margolin A, McKee S. A Path Analysis of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Predictors of Treatment Response in a Methadone Maintenance Program. Journal Of Substance Abuse 2000, 11: 215-230. PMID: 11026121, DOI: 10.1016/s0899-3289(00)00022-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenance programMethadone maintenance treatmentMaintenance treatmentPre-treatment severityTreatment responseStructural equation modelingCocaine useUrine toxicology screenOpioid-dependent patientsOpioid-dependent individualsPsychosocial group interventionBehavioral predictorsIllicit drug useToxicology screenHeroin useIntake assessmentDrug useIllicit opiatesGroup interventionNegative affectSelf-schemaAbstinenceStrongest predictorMethadoneEquation modeling