Expectancies for the Effectiveness of Different Tobacco Interventions Account for Racial and Gender Differences in Motivation to Quit and Abstinence Self-Efficacy

Racial and gender disparities for smoking cessation might be accounted for by differences in expectancies for tobacco interventions, but few studies have investigated such differences or their relationships with motivation to quit and abstinence self-efficacy. In this cross-sectional study, 673 smok...

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Published in:Nicotine & tobacco research 2014-09, Vol.16 (9), p.1174-1182
Main Authors: Cropsey, Karen L., Leventhal, Adam M., Stevens, Erin N., Trent, Lindsay R., Clark, C. Brendan, Lahti, Adrienne C., Hendricks, Peter S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Black or African American - psychology
Bupropion - therapeutic use
Counseling
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Original Investigation
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Self Efficacy
Sex Factors
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Tobacco Products
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Summary:Racial and gender disparities for smoking cessation might be accounted for by differences in expectancies for tobacco interventions, but few studies have investigated such differences or their relationships with motivation to quit and abstinence self-efficacy. In this cross-sectional study, 673 smokers (African American: n = 443, 65.8%; women: n = 222, 33.0%) under criminal justice supervision who enrolled in a clinical smoking cessation trial in which all received bupropion and half received counseling. All participants completed pretreatment measures of expectancies for different tobacco interventions, motivation to quit, and abstinence self-efficacy. The indirect effects of race and gender on motivation to quit and abstinence self-efficacy through expectancies for different tobacco interventions were evaluated. African Americans' stronger expectancies that behavioral interventions would be effective accounted for their greater motivation to quit and abstinence self-efficacy. Women's stronger expectancies for the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy accounted for their greater motivation to quit, whereas their stronger expectancies for the effectiveness of behavioral treatments accounted for their greater abstinence self-efficacy. Findings point to the mediating role of expectancies for treatment effectiveness and suggest the importance of exploring expectancies among African Americans and women as a way to augment motivation and self-efficacy.
ISSN:1462-2203
1469-994X
1469-994X
DOI:10.1093/ntr/ntu048