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Kirsten A Johnson1, Samantha G Farris, Norman B Schmidt, Michael J Zvolensky.
Abstract
The current study investigated whether emotion dysregulation (difficulties in the self-regulation of affective states) mediated relationships between anxiety sensitivity (fear of anxiety and related sensations) and cognitive-based smoking processes. Participants (n = 197; 57.5% male; mean age = 38.0 years) were daily smokers recruited as part of a randomized control trial for smoking cessation. Anxiety sensitivity was uniquely associated with all smoking processes. Moreover, emotion dysregulation significantly mediated relationships between anxiety sensitivity and the smoking processes. Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation is an important construct to consider in relationships between anxiety sensitivity and cognitive-based smoking processes among adult treatment-seeking smokers.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22540436 PMCID: PMC3340610 DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2012.665695
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Addict Dis ISSN: 1055-0887