# STRESS & SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE SELF-QUITTING OF SMOKING

> **NIH NIH R01** · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · 1987 · $107,740

## Abstract

The aims of the proposed research are to elucidate the psychosocial factors
critical to maintenance or relapse in self-quitting of smoking and to
evaluate the outcomes of some prototypical ways by which smokers try to
quit without the help of formal programs.  The psychosocial factors to be
examined will include stressful life events, perceived stress social
support social network characteristics (e.g., interactions with other
smokers) and coping strategies.  The covariation (and interaction) of these
factors with relapse or maintenance will be compared in four samples of
subjects:  New Years resolution quitters, participants in two different
instruction manual programs, and an instruction manual plus four optional
group sessions program.  Results from previous work relating these
psychosocial factors to clinic aided quitting will also be compared with
the self-quitting data.

Follow-up smoking status and some probes for the psychosocial factors will
be obtained at one two three, six and twelve months after the initial quit
attempt.  Assessments will be carried out by telephone interview.
Multivariate procedures, e.g., stepwise multiple regression, will be used
to evaluate the relation of psychosocial factors to outcome.  The
reactivity of the assessment procedures will be experimentally evaluated by
comparing groups which receive minimal assessment with those receiving the
entire assessment battery.  Both the outcomes and cost effectiveness of the
four programs will be evaluated.  It is expected that the programs
providing more assistance (e.g. group sessions) will be more successful but
less cost effective than programs providing minimal assistance.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3176326
- **Project number:** 5R01CA038243-04
- **Recipient organization:** CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** U3NKNFLNQ613
- **Principal Investigator:** SHELDON A COHEN
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1987
- **Award amount:** $107,740
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1984-09-01 → 1988-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3176326

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3176326, STRESS & SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE SELF-QUITTING OF SMOKING (5R01CA038243-04). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3176326. Licensed CC0.

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