Decreasing Smoking Frequency
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Behavior, Intervention, Frequency
Abstract
The purpose of the behavior study was to decrease smoking frequency in a single subject. Data were collected to determine if changes in the dependent variable were caused from the independent variable or confounding influences. In addition, the researcher wanted to replace the undesired behavior of smoking with a new behavior of exercising. The intervention was to decrease the participant's smoking frequency to less than three cigarettes per weekday after he arrived home from work. The intervention also included the replacement of smoking behavior with thirty minutes of physical activity each day to help create new habits in the participant. ABAB reversal design was used to implement the intervention. The participant was a twenty-nine-year-old male with a fifteen-year smoking history. Permanent product recording was used to collect data on the participants smoking frequency after arriving home from work during the weekday. Confidentiality was maintained by changing the participants name and data were kept in a secure and private location.
Recommended Citation
Lynch, Andee, "Decreasing Smoking Frequency " (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 167.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/167
Poster Number
31
Additional Mentoring Department
Special Education
Decreasing Smoking Frequency
SURC Ballroom C/D
The purpose of the behavior study was to decrease smoking frequency in a single subject. Data were collected to determine if changes in the dependent variable were caused from the independent variable or confounding influences. In addition, the researcher wanted to replace the undesired behavior of smoking with a new behavior of exercising. The intervention was to decrease the participant's smoking frequency to less than three cigarettes per weekday after he arrived home from work. The intervention also included the replacement of smoking behavior with thirty minutes of physical activity each day to help create new habits in the participant. ABAB reversal design was used to implement the intervention. The participant was a twenty-nine-year-old male with a fifteen-year smoking history. Permanent product recording was used to collect data on the participants smoking frequency after arriving home from work during the weekday. Confidentiality was maintained by changing the participants name and data were kept in a secure and private location.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Tsai, Shu-Fei