Hyaneyoung Olvera1, Jafar Bakhshaie2, Lorra Garey1, Charles Jardin1, Norman B Schmidt3, Michael J Zvolensky4. 1. Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX; 2. Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX; jafar.bakhshaie@gmail.com. 3. Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; 4. Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Smoking and anxiety disorders frequently co-occur. Trait worry is a core symptom of anxiety disorders. While research suggests worry processes may be important to certain smoking behaviors, the mechanisms explicating these relations remain unknown. METHOD: The current study examined anxiety sensitivity (AS) as a potential mediator for the relation between trait worry and number of years being a daily smoker, latency to first cigarette of the day, smoking rate, heaviness of smoking, and nicotine dependence among treatment-seeking daily smokers (N = 376; 47% female; M age = 37.76, SD = 13.46). RESULTS: Consistent with prediction, AS significantly mediated the relations between trait worry and the studied smoking variables. CONCLUSION: The present findings suggest it may be useful to clinically address AS among worry-prone, treatment-seeking daily smokers in order to address smoking behavior.
INTRODUCTION: Smoking and anxiety disorders frequently co-occur. Trait worry is a core symptom of anxiety disorders. While research suggests worry processes may be important to certain smoking behaviors, the mechanisms explicating these relations remain unknown. METHOD: The current study examined anxiety sensitivity (AS) as a potential mediator for the relation between trait worry and number of years being a daily smoker, latency to first cigarette of the day, smoking rate, heaviness of smoking, and nicotine dependence among treatment-seeking daily smokers (N = 376; 47% female; M age = 37.76, SD = 13.46). RESULTS: Consistent with prediction, AS significantly mediated the relations between trait worry and the studied smoking variables. CONCLUSION: The present findings suggest it may be useful to clinically address AS among worry-prone, treatment-seeking daily smokers in order to address smoking behavior.
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