Evaluation of an Internet virtual world chat room for adolescent smoking cessation
Susan I Woodruff1, Terry L Conway, Christine C Edwards
1Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Ct, Ste 120, San Diego, CA 92123, United States. swoodruff@projects.sdsu.edu
Abstract:
The goal of this longitudinal study was to test an innovative approach to smoking cessation that might be particularly attractive to adolescent smokers. The study was a participatory research effort between academic and school partners. The intervention used an Internet-based, virtual reality world combined with motivational interviewing conducted in real-time by a smoking cessation counselor. Participants were 136 adolescent smokers recruited from high schools randomized to the intervention or a measurement-only control condition. Those who participated in the program were significantly more likely than controls to report at the immediate post-intervention assessment that they had abstained from smoking during the past week (p
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