Depressive Symptoms and Readiness to Quit Smoking Among Cigarette Smokers in Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

The authors examined whether length of alcohol abstinence and depressive symptoms were related to motivational readiness to consider smoking cessation among patients in alcohol treatment. Participants were adults ( N = 253) enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Controlling for gender, depressive sy...

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Published in:Psychology of addictive behaviors 2002-09, Vol.16 (3), p.264-268
Main Authors: Hitsman, Brian, Abrams, David B, Shadel, William G, Niaura, Raymond, Borrelli, Belinda, Emmons, Karen M, Brown, Richard A, Swift, Robert M, Monti, Peter M, Rohsenow, Damaris J, Colby, Suzanne M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Treatment
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
Cessation
Depression
Depression (Emotion)
Depression - psychology
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Female
Heavy drinking
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Motivation
Outpatient
Outpatient Treatment
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Sobriety
Time Factors
Tobacco Smoking
Treatments
United States
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Summary:The authors examined whether length of alcohol abstinence and depressive symptoms were related to motivational readiness to consider smoking cessation among patients in alcohol treatment. Participants were adults ( N = 253) enrolled in a smoking cessation trial. Controlling for gender, depressive symptoms, and nicotine dependence, hierarchical regression analysis of readiness scores revealed a significant interaction of days since last drink and depressive symptoms. It was found that a greater number of days since last drink was associated with greater readiness, but only among patients with low scores on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale ( L. S. Radloff, 1977 ). The findings suggest that alcoholic smokers with low depressive symptoms are more receptive to quitting smoking after sustained alcohol abstinence.
ISSN:0893-164X
1939-1501
DOI:10.1037/0893-164X.16.3.264