Stephen Brooks Hypnosis Strategy For Smoking Cessation

Objective:

The objective of the study was to examine the efficacy of Stephen Brooks’ strategy of hypnotherapy for smoking cessation among male young adults.

Methods:

The study included 8 participants recruited through a purposive sampling to meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Q-MAT scale was used to check the motivation among participants to quit smoking whereas Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS-5) was used as a tool to record the cigarette dependence scores before and after the intervention to assess the efficacy. Two induction techniques which included uptime downtime induction and staircase induction for inducing trance were used which was followed by the intervention for smoking cessation. A paired sample t test was used to check the efficacy of the intervention.

Results:

The results (M= 10.12, SD = 2.64, 95% CI [7.91, 12.33], t(7) = 10.84, p < .001) showed that intervention had a statistically significant impact in favor of smoking cessation. A Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was run to check the correlation between motivation to quit smoking and scores of cigarette dependence after the intervention. The results (r=-.74, p < .05) indicated that motivation to quit smoking has a significant negative correlation with scores of cigarette dependence scale.

Conclusion:

The findings would enhance smoking cessation interventions by providing clinicians with evidence-based insights into the effectiveness of Stephen Brooks' Strategy for smoking cessation.