000058547 001__ 58547 000058547 005__ 20200221144251.0 000058547 0248_ $$2sideral$$a95265 000058547 037__ $$aART-2016-95265 000058547 041__ $$aspa 000058547 100__ $$aGil Roales-Nieto, J. 000058547 245__ $$aFlexibilidad psicológica y autoabandono del tabaco 000058547 260__ $$c2016 000058547 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000058547 5203_ $$aThe prevalence of smoking in the general population remains high in spite of the extended acknowledgement of the well-documented health consequences of smoking and potential benefits of quitting. Only a minority of smokers who attempt to quit seeks professional treatment, yet most of the research on smoking cessation focuses on such form of quitting. Research on self-quitting is scarce, although most smokers who successfully quit, do so on their own. Recently, research has evidenced that psychological flexibility, a core concept in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, is an important variable in predicting successful behavioral change in many clinically relevant areas. The goal of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychological flexibility and successful self-quitting from smoking. 277 participants who had attempted to quit on their own (217 successfully abstinent and 60 still smoking) provided information on their smoking history, quit attempts, nicotine dependence, and demographics, and were assessed with the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II. Abstinence status was measured through self-reports of continuous abstinence and confirmed by concentrations of expired carbon monoxide below 8 ppm. Results show a statistically significant difference (t= -8, 775; p <.01) for the AAQ-II scores of successful (M= 18.39, SD= 7.76) and unsuccessful self-quitters (M= 27.17; SD= 6.88). Only 26% participants with high level of psychological inflexibility quitted successfully, compared to 94% participants with low levels of psychological inflexibility. These results show clear evidence that psychological flexibility is associated to successful self-quitting, and suggest that this variable could facilitate success in attempts to stop smoking without professional help. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed. 000058547 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PSI2011-24512 000058547 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000058547 592__ $$a0.257$$b2016 000058547 593__ $$aClinical Psychology$$c2016$$dQ3 000058547 593__ $$aExperimental and Cognitive Psychology$$c2016$$dQ4 000058547 593__ $$aDevelopmental and Educational Psychology$$c2016$$dQ4 000058547 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000058547 700__ $$aMoreno, San Pedro 000058547 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6962-2970$$aCórdoba García, R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000058547 700__ $$aMarín Romero, B.M. 000058547 700__ $$aJiménez López, F.R. 000058547 700__ $$aGil Luciano, A. 000058547 700__ $$aSilvano Arranz, A. 000058547 700__ $$aFernández Lao, I.R. 000058547 700__ $$aGámez, G.G. 000058547 700__ $$aHernández-López, M. 000058547 7102_ $$11007$$2610$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.$$cArea Medicina 000058547 773__ $$g16, 2 (2016), 111-130$$pRev. int. psicol. ter. psicol.$$tRevista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica = International journal of psychology and psychological therapy$$x1577-7057 000058547 85641 $$uhttp://www.ijpsy.com/volumen16/num2/437/flexibilidad-psicologica-y-autoabandono-ES.pdf$$zTexto completo de la revista 000058547 8564_ $$s1941109$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58547/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000058547 8564_ $$s63013$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58547/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000058547 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:58547$$particulos$$pdriver 000058547 951__ $$a2020-02-21-13:27:56 000058547 980__ $$aARTICLE