Metacognitive Approach to Smoking Dependency: A Review of the Current Literature

Alma-Uzuntuna L., YILMAZ SAMANCI A. E.

ADDICTA-THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS, cilt.6, sa.4, ss.30-48, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/addicta.2020.19127
  • Dergi Adı: ADDICTA-THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-48
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Smoking, Cigarette, Addiction, Dependency, Metacognition, Metacognitive Approach, Review, THINKING QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT, ALCOHOL-USE, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, BELIEFS, ANXIETY, EXPECTANCIES, DEPRESSION, VALIDATION, DISORDERS, CONTINUUM
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The use of tobacco and tobacco products is a leading cause of preventable health problems and results in many deaths. Thus, a better understanding of cigarette use and the mechanisms of addiction would advance the literature. This study aims to explain the addiction to smoking in accordance with the metacognitive approach, which has a current and innovator point of view, and provides evidence that the metacognitive approach might be a novel treatment for smoking dependency. The metacognitive approach has been used to understand and treat resistant psychological disorders, provide novel understanding regarding addiction mechanisms, and present a treatment approach that explains the following factors: initiating, perpetuating, and smoking dependency relapse. The findings of the few studies that have investigated the role of metacognitions in the mechanisms of cigarette use and quitting smoking are promising to demonstrate evidence of the validity of the metacognitive approach. According to the findings, possible interventions to improve policies are discussed.