Withdrawal Symptoms and Previous Attempts to Quit Smoking: Associations with Self-Efficacy

This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and sustained smoking cessation in Dutch quitters attending a group program for smoking cessation in 1991. Increase in self-efficacy during treatment was found to be a predictor of outcome after controlling for demographic characteristics an...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 1997, Vol.32 (2), p.133-148
Main Authors: Scholte, Ron H. J., Breteler, Marinus H. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cessation
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Discriminant Analysis
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Multivariate Analysis
Netherlands
Prognosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relationship
Sampling Studies
Self-Assessment
Self-efficacy
Selfefficacy
Smoking
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - physiopathology
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - psychology
Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology
Tobacco Use Disorder - therapy
Treatments
Volition
Withdrawal symptoms
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Summary:This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and sustained smoking cessation in Dutch quitters attending a group program for smoking cessation in 1991. Increase in self-efficacy during treatment was found to be a predictor of outcome after controlling for demographic characteristics and cessation history variables. Relapsers (n = 75) showed more negative relationships between self-efficacy and withdrawal symptoms than long-term abstainers (n = 58). Relapsers who were more depressed during the attempt under study were less self-efficacious at the end of treatment. In addition, the duration of the previous attempt to quit smoking proved to be differently associated with self-efficacy for quitters and relapsers.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.3109/10826089709027303