Trajectories of motivation and self-efficacy during a smoking quit attempt: An ecological momentary assessment study.

Conceptual models of addiction highlight self-efficacy and motivation as key variables important during a smoking quit attempt; however, recent research has primarily focused on self-efficacy. Given the importance of motivation in these models, a clearer understanding of the effects of motivation during a smoking quit attempt is needed.This study utilized ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to investigate the dynamic effects of motivation and...