Discrimination, Racial, Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Smoking, Hispanic, Latinx
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to examine whether microaggressions relate to multimodal facets of smoking behavior, subjective withdrawal, and urge/craving. Additionally, the second aim is to examine whether smoking deprivation moderates the relation between microaggressions and multiple facets of smoking behavior, subjective withdrawal, and urge/craving.
Detailed description
This proposal will employ a novel multi-modal approach to evaluate the role of microaggressions in relation to smoking lapse and topography among a sample of Latinx smokers. Adult Latinx daily smokers will attend two counterbalanced experimental sessions - (1) smoking deprivation (16 hours of smoking abstinence) and (2) smoking as usual - during which microaggressions during the relapse analog task will be assessed.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMicroaggression Recall and Relapse Analogue Task
Participants will engage in a microaggression recall task followed by the McKee Experimental Relapse Analogue Task
Sponsors
University of Houston
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being 18 years of age or older * Current regular (daily) cigarette smoking for \>= 1 year * Current smoking \>= 5 cig/day and biochemically confirmed via carbon monoxide (CO) analysis * Being self-identified as Hispanic or Latino * Able to provide written, informed consent * Endorsement of at least one microaggression experience over the past 6-months
Exclusion criteria
* Endorsement of current psychotic symptoms * Active suicidality * Currently pregnant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking Behaviors | During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days) | Smoking behaviors will be operationally defined as smoking topography (e.g., puff behavior) measured via the Clinical Research Support System (CReSS; Plowshare Technologies, Borgwaldt KC, Inc., Virginia). |
| Subjective Withdrawal | During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days) | The 8-item Minnesota Withdrawal Scale will be used to assesses withdrawal severity. Each of the items are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 4. Items are summed to produce a total score with higher scores indicative of worse outcomes (possible range 0-32). |
| Urge/Craving | During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days) | Smoking urge/craving will be measured with the 10-item Questionnaire of Smoking Urges-Brief (QSU-B). Each of the items are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Items are summed to create two subscale scores and a total score with higher scores indicative of worse outcomes (possible range 7-70). |
| Smoking Lapse Behaviors | During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days) | Smoking Lapse Behaviors will be measured during the Relapse Analogue Task (RAT), during which participants are able to delay smoking for a small financial reward. For this task, Smoking Lapse Behaviors are conceptualized as two variables: (a) minutes in time of smoking delay (possible range -50 to +50) and (b) number of cigarettes smoked |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORBrooke Y Kauffman, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Outcome results
None listed