TY  - JOUR 
AU  - López Torrecillas, Francisca
AU  - Perales Gutiérrez, José César
AU  - Nieto-Ruiz, Ana
AU  - Verdejo García, Antonio Javier
PY  - 2014
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/34879
AB  - Aims:

Temperament and impulsivity are powerful predictors of addiction treatment outcomes. However, a comprehensive assessment of these features has not been examined in relation to smoking cessation outcomes.
AB  - Methods:

Naturalistic prospective study. Treatment-seeking smokers (n = 140) were recruited as they engaged in an occupational health clinic providing smoking cessation treatment between 2009 and 2013. Participants were assessed at baseline with...
AB  - Results:

Higher scores on temperament dimensions of novelty seeking and reward dependence predicted poorer retention across endpoints, whereas only higher scores on persistence predicted greater relapse. Higher scores on the trait dimension of...
AB  - Conclusion:

Temperament measures, and specifically novelty seeking and reward dependence, predict smoking cessation treatment retention, whereas persistence, non-planning impulsivity and poor decision-making predict smoking relapse.
LA  - eng
PB  - Public Library of Science (PLOS)
KW  - Impulsivity
KW  - Smoking habits
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Drug therapy
KW  - Addiction
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Behavioral addiction
TI  - Temperament and Impulsivity Predictors of Smoking Cessation Outcomes
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0112440
ER  -