Delwyn Catley, PhD
Research
Delwyn Catley, PhD
Research
Research Faculty PhD; Associate Director, Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Research Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Research Faculty PhD; Associate Director, Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Research Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Areas of Interest
Research
Motivation, Global Health, Motivational Interviewing, Tobacco Use Cessation, Health Behavior, Healthcare Disparities
Education and Training
Degree
PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
Departments
Practicing Locations
Children's Mercy Broadway - Weight Management Clinic
Scholarly Work
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Motivational interviewing and the decisional balance procedure for cessation induction in smokers not intending to quit.The decisional balance exercise as formulated by earlier versions of MI may be counter-productive and cautions around its use are warranted. Instead, improved cessation outcomes appear associated with increasing perceived benefits of quitting and positive therapeutic alliance.
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Executive function fails to predict smoking outcomes in a clinical trial to motivate smokers to quit.
Our data did not support models of health behavior that emphasize EF as a mediator of health outcomes. Methodological shortcomings weaken the existing support for an association between EF and smoking behavior. We suggest methodological improvements that could help move this potentially important area of research forward.