Predictors of smoking cessation and maintenance

A follow‐up study of 263 volunteers who had completed a national smoking cessation program was conducted to measure the relative contribution of stress coping resources, smoking history, loci for health control, and certain demographic factors to the maintenance of smoking cessation. Stress coping r...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 1998-02, Vol.54 (2), p.223-235
Main Authors: Matheny, Kenneth B., Weatherman, Kenneth E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Demographics
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - psychology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Southwestern United States
Stress
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Treatments
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Summary:A follow‐up study of 263 volunteers who had completed a national smoking cessation program was conducted to measure the relative contribution of stress coping resources, smoking history, loci for health control, and certain demographic factors to the maintenance of smoking cessation. Stress coping resources and smoking history variables proved to be more predictive of the maintenance of abstinence than either perceived locus of control or demographic variables. Coping resources in the forms of perceived confidence, physical health, physical fitness, problem solving, self‐directedness, and tension control were useful in predicting abstinence maintenance. Contrary to some earlier studies, no gender differences in relapse rates were found, and smoking a greater number of cigarettes daily and smoking cigarettes with a higher tar content were related to greater success in maintaining smoking abstinence. As was found in previous studies, the presence of other smokers in the household contributed to relapse. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 223–235, 1998.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199802)54:2<223::AID-JCLP12>3.0.CO;2-L