The effects of depressed mood on smoking cessation: Mediation by postcessation self-efficacy. |
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Authors: | Cinciripini, Paul M. Wetter, David W. Fouladi, Rachel T. Blalock, Janice A. Carter, Brian L. Cinciripini, Lynn G. Baile, Walter F. |
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Abstract: | This study evaluated the relationship between precessation depressed mood and smoking abstinence and assessed the mediation of this effect by postcessation self-efficacy, urges to smoke, nicotine withdrawal, and coping behavior. The sample included 121 smokers previously treated in a randomized controlled trial involving behavior therapy and the nicotine patch. The results showed that precessation depressed mood was inversely related to 6-month abstinence. This effect remained significant after controlling for treatment, possible depression history, baseline smoking rates, and several other demographic factors. Postcessation self-efficacy, at the 2-, 4-, and 8-week postquit assessments, was the strongest mediator of the effects of precessation depressed mood on abstinence, accounting for 32%, 38%, and 48% of the effect of mood on abstinence, respectively. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | precessation depressed mood smoking cessation smoking abstinence postcessation self-efficacy urges to smoke nicotine withdrawal |
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