Interactive associations between abstinence plans and romantic partner conflict and support with cigarette smoking

While most individuals who smoke cigarettes desire to quit, quit motivation can change daily and sustained abstinence is rarely achieved in quit attempts. Assessment of psychosocial factors that moderate associations between daily abstinence intentions and smoking behavior is necessary to inform eff...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2023-02, Vol.243, p.109756-109756, Article 109756
Main Authors: Bowdring, Molly A., Loftus, Paddy, Wang, Shirlene D., Pang, Raina D., Kirkpatrick, Matthew G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cessation
Cigarette Smoking
Couples
Health Behavior
Humans
Intention
Interpersonal
Motivation
Nicotine
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Social
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Summary:While most individuals who smoke cigarettes desire to quit, quit motivation can change daily and sustained abstinence is rarely achieved in quit attempts. Assessment of psychosocial factors that moderate associations between daily abstinence intentions and smoking behavior is necessary to inform effective cessation efforts. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from a 28-day ecological momentary assessment study among individuals who smoke and who were not actively planning a long-term quit attempt (N = 81 individuals; N = 1585 days). We examined main effect and interaction associations between primary predictors (daily abstinence plans and within- and between-person estimates of perceived romantic relationship conflict and support) and daily number of cigarettes smoked, as well as baseline emotion regulation difficulties as a moderator of these associations. Smoking was reduced on days with an abstinence plan (β=−0.57,p
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109756