PMID: 25785807Mar 19, 2015Paper

Anxiety sensitivity and pre-cessation smoking processes: testing the independent and combined mediating effects of negative affect-reduction expectancies and motives

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Samantha G FarrisMichael J Zvolensky

Abstract

Anxiety sensitivity appears to be relevant in understanding the nature of emotional symptoms and disorders associated with smoking. Negative-reinforcement smoking expectancies and motives are implicated as core regulatory processes that may explain, in part, the anxiety sensitivity-smoking interrelations; however, these pathways have received little empirical attention. Participants (N = 471) were adult treatment-seeking daily smokers assessed for a smoking-cessation trial who provided baseline data; 157 participants provided within-treatment (pre-cessation) data. Anxiety sensitivity was examined as a cross-sectional predictor of several baseline smoking processes (nicotine dependence, perceived barriers to cessation, severity of prior withdrawal-related quit problems) and pre-cessation processes including nicotine withdrawal and smoking urges (assessed during 3 weeks before the quit day). Baseline negative-reinforcement smoking expectancies and motives were tested as simultaneous mediators via parallel multiple mediator models. Higher levels of anxiety sensitivity were related to higher levels of nicotine dependence, greater perceived barriers to smoking cessation, more severe withdrawal-related problems during prior quit atte...Continue Reading

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May 14, 2016·International Journal of Behavioral Medicine·Charles Philip BrandtMichael J Zvolensky
Apr 22, 2016·Journal of Psychopharmacology·Samantha G Farris, Michael J Zvolensky
May 26, 2018·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Michael J ZvolenskyLorra Garey
Apr 30, 2017·Journal of Behavioral Medicine·Samantha G FarrisAna M Abrantes
Feb 21, 2021·Addictive Behaviors·Carmela Martínez-VispoElisardo Becoña
Mar 26, 2021·Substance Use & Misuse·Lorra GareyMichael J Zvolensky
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