| Literature DB >> 17900818 |
Susan I Woodruff1, Terry L Conway, Christine C Edwards.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore whether sociodemographic characteristics and baseline psychosocial factors were related to short-term smoking cessation and reduction, after controlling for the effects of participating in a virtual world, Internet chat room intervention. Results indicate that smoking-related psychosocial factors are important predictors of adolescent smoking cessation and reduction, independent of the effects of participating in the intervention. Self-efficacy for quitting, social support, and perceived benefits of quitting was related to positive short-term changes in smoking behavior.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17900818 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Addict Behav ISSN: 0306-4603 Impact factor: 3.913