This study sought to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of various treatment approaches using the nicotine transdermal patch to treat nicotine dependency. The sample consisted of 89 smokers with a history of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day who lived in a spouse-like relationship with a non-smoker. A pretest-posttest experimental design was used in which subjects were randomly assigned to one of four groups; Patch-only (PO), Wait-list Control (CNTL), No partner Biopsychosocial Treatment NBT), and Partner Participation Biopsychosocial Treatment (PBT). / Treatment was administered for 10 weeks and observations were made at weeks 3, 7, 10, and 15. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependency Test (FNDT), and self-report measures confirmed by expired levels of carbon monoxide or an informant. / Repeated measures ANOVA identified significant differences between groups across time. Planned comparisons on the percentage abstinent, and the number of abstinent days, revealed significant differences between the PO and the CNTL group at weeks 7, 10, and 15. Participants who received biopsychosocial treatment recorded a significantly greater number of days abstinent than the PO group at weeks 7 and 10, but not week 15. No difference was found between the PBT and NBT group, nor the male and female comparisons, on either dependent measure of treatment outcome. / Further research is recommended on the efficacy of family systems intervention in the treatment of nicotine dependence using larger sample sizes and a variety of family typologies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1528. / Major Professor: Charles R. Figley. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77433 |
| Contributors | Martinez, Rey Caytano., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 133 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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