Relapse situations according to Marlatt�s taxonomy in smokers
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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ISSN: 1138-7416
Year of publication: 2013
Issue: 16
Pages: 1-12
Type: Article
More publications in: The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Abstract
Relapse is common during the process of giving up smoking. The aim of the present study is to explore the relapse situations, according to Marlatt�s relapse taxonomy, in a sample of 428 smokers (43.9% men and 56.1% women) who participated in a cognitive-behavior psychological treatment for quitting smoking. At the end of the treatment, 221 participants were abstinent, of whom 119 (41.2% men and 58.8% women) relapsed in the course of the 12-month follow-up, the majority in the first 3 months (69.74%). Most of the relapses were attributed to intrapersonal and environmental determinants (61.33%), the most common of which were �coping with negative emotional states� (38.65%), followed by �giving in to temptations or urges� (9.24%) and �testing personal control� (8.40%). Interpersonal determinants occurred in 38.66% of relapses, this percentage being made up mostly of �social pressure�, which was the relapse situation in 34.46% of all relapses. These results, similar to those of Marlatt�s original studies and others, contribute to improving our knowledge of the relapse situations process, with a view to interventions that may help to avoid it.
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