Megan E Piper
Biographic Data
| ID | 6060209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan E Piper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Piper |
| SIGNATURE | PIPER M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9876-5460 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Time-Varying Path-Specific Direct and Indirect Effects: A Novel Approach to Examine Dynamic Behavioral Processes with Application to Smoking Cessation
Behavioral processes are often complex, and vary over time, requiring intensive longitudinal data to effectively capture the dynamic elements involved. For example, examining daily socio-behavioral and treatment adherence data collected during a smoking quit attempt, can reveal how, when, and why withdrawal symptoms change, offering insight into critical windows of relapse-risk in the cessation process. However, analytical methods (e.g., time-var…
Culturally relevant acceptance-based telehealth wellness program for Latine adults who smoke and experience psychological distress: Findings from a feasibility study
Health Risks Associated with Adopting New-Generation Disposable Products Among Young Adults Who Use E-Cigarettes
New-generation disposable e-cigarettes have become increasingly popular among young adults in the USA since the FDA's partial flavor ban. This study aims to examine longitudinal changes in health risks among young adults who adopted these novel products, as well as the health effects of device types beyond the effects of other important e-cigarette characteristics. This study recruited e-cigarette users via voluntary response sampling from three …
Qualitative Message Development to Motivate Quitting Smoking in Older Adults: Dementia May Motivate Quitting
Compared to younger adults, older adults who smoke cigarettes are half as likely to make a quit attempt, but more likely to maintain abstinence using evidence-based smoking treatments (EBSTs), illustrating the need for motivational messages to promote cessation through EBSTs. It is unclear whether messaging regarding the association between smoking and dementia might motivate older adults to quit. We conducted 90-min semi-structured qualitative i…
A Causal Approach to Functional Mediation Analysis with Application to a Smoking Cessation Intervention
The increase in the use of mobile and wearable devices now allows dense assessment of mediating processes over time. For example, a pharmacological intervention may have an effect on smoking cessation via reductions in momentary withdrawal symptoms. We define and identify the causal direct and indirect effects in terms of potential outcomes on the mean difference and odds ratio scales, and present a method for estimating and testing the indirect …
Indicators of dependence and efforts to quit vaping and smoking among youth in Canada, England and the USA
Prevalence of dependence symptoms among young e-cigarette users increased between 2017 and 2019, more so in Canada and the USA compared with England. Dependence symptom prevalence was lower for e-cigarettes than smoking; however, the gap has narrowed over time
Biochemical Verification of Tobacco Use and Abstinence: 2019 Update
BACKGROUND: The changing prevalence and patterns of tobacco use, the advent of novel nicotine delivery devices, and the development of new biomarkers prompted an update of the 2002 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) report on whether and how to apply biomarker verification for tobacco use and abstinence. METHODS: The SRNT Treatment Research Network convened a group of investigators with expertise in tobacco biomarkers to update t…
PhenX: Host: Social/Cognitive measures for tobacco regulatory research
A working group (WG) of experts from diverse fields related to nicotine and tobacco addiction was convened to identify elements and measures from the Host: Social/Cognitive domain to include in the Tobacco Regulatory Research Collection in the PhenX Toolkit, a catalogue of measures for biomedical research. This paper describes the methods used to identify, select, approve and include measures in the toolkit with potential relevance to users of bo…
Financial incentives to Medicaid smokers for engaging tobacco quit line treatment: Maximising return on investment
Modelling suggests that financial incentives in the amount of $20 per call for taking the first four quit line calls and $70 for taking a fifth quit line call maximise ROI to engage low-income smokers with evidence-based smoking cessation treatment
Extreme Response Style and the Measurement of Intra-Individual Variability in Affect
Extreme response style (ERS) has the potential to bias the measurement of intra-individual variability in psychological constructs. This paper explores such bias through a multilevel extension of a latent trait model for modeling response styles applied to repeated measures rating scale data. Modeling responses to multi-item scales of positive and negative affect collected from smokers at clinic visits following a smoking cessation attempt reveal…
Battling Tobacco Use at Home: An Analysis of Smoke-Free Home Rules Among US Veterans From 2001 to 2011
Objectives. We examined national trends in smoke-free home rules among US veterans and nonveterans. Methods. We used data from the 2001–2002 and 2010–2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey to estimate and compare the existence of smoke-free home rules among veterans and nonveterans for each survey period. Results. The prevalence of a complete smoke-free home rule among veterans increased from 64.0% to 79.7% between 2001 and …
Addiction Motivation Reformulated: An Affective Processing Model of Negative Reinforcement.
This article offers a reformulation of the negative reinforcement model of drug addiction and proposes that the escape and avoidance of negative affect is the prepotent motive for addictive drug use. The authors posit that negative affect is the motivational core of the withdrawal syndrome and argue that, through repeated cycles of drug use and withdrawal, addicted organisms learn to detect interoceptive cues of negative affect preconsciously. Th…
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Addiction Motivation Reformulated: An Affective Processing Model of Negative Reinforcement.
This article offers a reformulation of the negative reinforcement model of drug addiction and proposes that the escape and avoidance of negative affect is the prepotent motive for addictive drug use. The authors posit that negative affect is the motivational core of the withdrawal syndrome and argue that, through repeated cycles of drug use and withdrawal, addicted organisms learn to detect interoceptive cues of negative affect preconsciously. Th…
Battling Tobacco Use at Home: An Analysis of Smoke-Free Home Rules Among US Veterans From 2001 to 2011
Objectives. We examined national trends in smoke-free home rules among US veterans and nonveterans. Methods. We used data from the 2001–2002 and 2010–2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey to estimate and compare the existence of smoke-free home rules among veterans and nonveterans for each survey period. Results. The prevalence of a complete smoke-free home rule among veterans increased from 64.0% to 79.7% between 2001 and …
Extreme Response Style and the Measurement of Intra-Individual Variability in Affect
Extreme response style (ERS) has the potential to bias the measurement of intra-individual variability in psychological constructs. This paper explores such bias through a multilevel extension of a latent trait model for modeling response styles applied to repeated measures rating scale data. Modeling responses to multi-item scales of positive and negative affect collected from smokers at clinic visits following a smoking cessation attempt reveal…
Financial incentives to Medicaid smokers for engaging tobacco quit line treatment: Maximising return on investment
Modelling suggests that financial incentives in the amount of $20 per call for taking the first four quit line calls and $70 for taking a fifth quit line call maximise ROI to engage low-income smokers with evidence-based smoking cessation treatment
Biochemical Verification of Tobacco Use and Abstinence: 2019 Update
BACKGROUND: The changing prevalence and patterns of tobacco use, the advent of novel nicotine delivery devices, and the development of new biomarkers prompted an update of the 2002 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) report on whether and how to apply biomarker verification for tobacco use and abstinence. METHODS: The SRNT Treatment Research Network convened a group of investigators with expertise in tobacco biomarkers to update t…
PhenX: Host: Social/Cognitive measures for tobacco regulatory research
A working group (WG) of experts from diverse fields related to nicotine and tobacco addiction was convened to identify elements and measures from the Host: Social/Cognitive domain to include in the Tobacco Regulatory Research Collection in the PhenX Toolkit, a catalogue of measures for biomedical research. This paper describes the methods used to identify, select, approve and include measures in the toolkit with potential relevance to users of bo…
Indicators of dependence and efforts to quit vaping and smoking among youth in Canada, England and the USA
Prevalence of dependence symptoms among young e-cigarette users increased between 2017 and 2019, more so in Canada and the USA compared with England. Dependence symptom prevalence was lower for e-cigarettes than smoking; however, the gap has narrowed over time
A Causal Approach to Functional Mediation Analysis with Application to a Smoking Cessation Intervention
The increase in the use of mobile and wearable devices now allows dense assessment of mediating processes over time. For example, a pharmacological intervention may have an effect on smoking cessation via reductions in momentary withdrawal symptoms. We define and identify the causal direct and indirect effects in terms of potential outcomes on the mean difference and odds ratio scales, and present a method for estimating and testing the indirect …
Culturally relevant acceptance-based telehealth wellness program for Latine adults who smoke and experience psychological distress: Findings from a feasibility study
Health Risks Associated with Adopting New-Generation Disposable Products Among Young Adults Who Use E-Cigarettes
New-generation disposable e-cigarettes have become increasingly popular among young adults in the USA since the FDA's partial flavor ban. This study aims to examine longitudinal changes in health risks among young adults who adopted these novel products, as well as the health effects of device types beyond the effects of other important e-cigarette characteristics. This study recruited e-cigarette users via voluntary response sampling from three …
Qualitative Message Development to Motivate Quitting Smoking in Older Adults: Dementia May Motivate Quitting
Compared to younger adults, older adults who smoke cigarettes are half as likely to make a quit attempt, but more likely to maintain abstinence using evidence-based smoking treatments (EBSTs), illustrating the need for motivational messages to promote cessation through EBSTs. It is unclear whether messaging regarding the association between smoking and dementia might motivate older adults to quit. We conducted 90-min semi-structured qualitative i…
Time-Varying Path-Specific Direct and Indirect Effects: A Novel Approach to Examine Dynamic Behavioral Processes with Application to Smoking Cessation
Behavioral processes are often complex, and vary over time, requiring intensive longitudinal data to effectively capture the dynamic elements involved. For example, examining daily socio-behavioral and treatment adherence data collected during a smoking quit attempt, can reveal how, when, and why withdrawal symptoms change, offering insight into critical windows of relapse-risk in the cessation process. However, analytical methods (e.g., time-var…
Medicine (9 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 works) · Smoking cessation (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Abstinence (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 works) · Addiction (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)