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Title: | A network analysis of cigarette craving |
Authors: | Aslan, M. Sala, Margaret Gueorguieva, R. Garrison, K. A. 0000-0002-1560-649X |
Keywords: | Cigarette smoking Smoking cessation Tobacco products Humans Cognition Craving Nicotiana |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Oxford UP |
Citation: | Aslan, M., Sala, M., Gueorguieva, R., & Garrison, K. A. (2023). A Network Analysis of Cigarette Craving. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 25(6), 1155–1163. |
Series/Report no.: | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Faculty Publications;2023 |
Abstract: | __Introduction: Craving is considered a central process to addictive behavior including cigarette smoking, although the clinical utility of craving relies on how it is defined and measured. Network analysis enables examining the network structure of craving symptoms, identifying the most central symptoms of cigarette craving, and improving our understanding of craving and its measurement. __Aims and Methods: This study used network analysis to identify the central symptoms of self-reported cigarette craving as measured by the Craving Experience Questionnaire, which assesses both craving strength and craving frequency. Data were obtained from baseline of a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness training for smoking cessation. __ Results: The most central symptoms in an overall cigarette craving network were the frequency of imagining its smell, imagining its taste, and intrusive thoughts. The most central symptoms of both craving frequency and craving strength sub-networks were imagining its taste, the urge to have it, and intrusive thoughts. __Conclusions: The most central craving symptoms reported by individuals in treatment for cigarette smoking were from the frequency domain, demonstrating the value of assessing craving frequency along with craving strength. Central craving symptoms included multisensory imagery (taste, smell), intrusive thoughts, and urge, providing additional evidence that these symptoms may be important to consider in craving measurement and intervention. Findings provide insight into the symptoms that are central to craving, contributing to a better understanding of cigarette cravings, and suggesting potential targets for clinical interventions. __Implications: This study used network analysis to identify central symptoms of cigarette craving. Both craving frequency and strength were assessed. The most central symptoms of cigarette craving were related to craving frequency. Central symptoms included multisensory imagery, intrusive thoughts, and urge. Central symptoms might be targeted by smoking cessation treatment. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
Description: | Scholarly article |
URI: | https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article-abstract/25/6/1155/7032996 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9740 |
ISSN: | 1462-2203 |
Appears in Collections: | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Faculty Publications |
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