INTRODUCTION: Empirical work has demonstrated a linkage between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms. However, there is little understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association. METHOD: The present investigation examined the role of coping-based smoking motives in terms of mediating the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate among a sample of treatment-seeking adult smokers (N = 123; 84 women; M(age) = 45.93, SD = 10.34). RESULTS: Results indicated that coping motives mediated the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate. DISCUSSION: These results suggest that coping motives play a key role in terms of better understanding the association between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms.
INTRODUCTION: Empirical work has demonstrated a linkage between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms. However, there is little understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association. METHOD: The present investigation examined the role of coping-based smoking motives in terms of mediating the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate among a sample of treatment-seeking adult smokers (N = 123; 84 women; M(age) = 45.93, SD = 10.34). RESULTS: Results indicated that coping motives mediated the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate. DISCUSSION: These results suggest that coping motives play a key role in terms of better understanding the association between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms.
Authors: Katherine J Ameringer; Chih-Ping Chou; Steve Sussman; Jennifer B Unger; Adam M Leventhal Journal: J Psychopathol Behav Assess Date: 2014-10-10
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