Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources

Background: Exposure to smoking-related cues leads to increased urge to smoke in regular cigarette smokers and resisting these urges requires considerable self-control. Purpose: Adopting a resource depletion model, two studies tested the hypothesis that resisting smoking urges depletes self-control...

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Main Authors: Hagger, Martin, Leaver, E., Esser, K., Leung, C., Te Pas, N., Keatley, D., Chan, Derwin, Chatzisarantis, Nikos
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Published: Springer 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10209
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author Hagger, Martin
Leaver, E.
Esser, K.
Leung, C.
Te Pas, N.
Keatley, D.
Chan, Derwin
Chatzisarantis, Nikos
author_facet Hagger, Martin
Leaver, E.
Esser, K.
Leung, C.
Te Pas, N.
Keatley, D.
Chan, Derwin
Chatzisarantis, Nikos
author_sort Hagger, Martin
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Background: Exposure to smoking-related cues leads to increased urge to smoke in regular cigarette smokers and resisting these urges requires considerable self-control. Purpose: Adopting a resource depletion model, two studies tested the hypothesis that resisting smoking urges depletes self-control resources. Methods: Adopting a within-participants randomized cross-over design, participants (study 1, N = 19; study 2, N = 32) were exposed to smoking-related (study 1: smoking images; study 2: cigarette cue-exposure task) and neutral (study 1: neutral images; study 2: drinking-straw task) cues with presentation order randomized. After each cue set, participants completed self-control tasks (study 1: handgrip task; study 2: handgrip and Stroop tasks), performance on which constituted dependent measures of self-control.Results: Self-control task performance was significantly impaired when exposed to smoking-related cues compared to neutral cues. No significant presentation-order effects, or interaction effects between stimulus and presentation order, were found. Conclusions: Findings corroborate our hypothesis that resisting smoking urges depletes cigarette smokers’ self-control resources and suggests that self-control capacity is governed by a limited resource.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-102092017-09-13T14:52:45Z Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources Hagger, Martin Leaver, E. Esser, K. Leung, C. Te Pas, N. Keatley, D. Chan, Derwin Chatzisarantis, Nikos Strength model Smoking urge Dual-task procedure Tobacco Self-regulation Background: Exposure to smoking-related cues leads to increased urge to smoke in regular cigarette smokers and resisting these urges requires considerable self-control. Purpose: Adopting a resource depletion model, two studies tested the hypothesis that resisting smoking urges depletes self-control resources. Methods: Adopting a within-participants randomized cross-over design, participants (study 1, N = 19; study 2, N = 32) were exposed to smoking-related (study 1: smoking images; study 2: cigarette cue-exposure task) and neutral (study 1: neutral images; study 2: drinking-straw task) cues with presentation order randomized. After each cue set, participants completed self-control tasks (study 1: handgrip task; study 2: handgrip and Stroop tasks), performance on which constituted dependent measures of self-control.Results: Self-control task performance was significantly impaired when exposed to smoking-related cues compared to neutral cues. No significant presentation-order effects, or interaction effects between stimulus and presentation order, were found. Conclusions: Findings corroborate our hypothesis that resisting smoking urges depletes cigarette smokers’ self-control resources and suggests that self-control capacity is governed by a limited resource. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10209 10.1007/s12160-013-9520-8 Springer fulltext
spellingShingle Strength model
Smoking urge
Dual-task procedure
Tobacco
Self-regulation
Hagger, Martin
Leaver, E.
Esser, K.
Leung, C.
Te Pas, N.
Keatley, D.
Chan, Derwin
Chatzisarantis, Nikos
Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title_full Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title_fullStr Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title_full_unstemmed Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title_short Cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
title_sort cue-induced smoking urges deplete cigarette smokers' self-control resources
topic Strength model
Smoking urge
Dual-task procedure
Tobacco
Self-regulation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10209