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The relationship between childhood physical and emotional abuse and smoking cessation among U.S. women and men
Psychology of addictive behaviors, v 29(2), pp 338-346
01 Jun 2015
PMID: 25347015
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Abstract
Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased likelihood of smoking. The purpose of the current investigation was to compare quitting motives, quit attempts, and quit success between U.S. adult smokers with or without childhood maltreatment (physical or emotional abuse), and those with or without serious psychological distress (SPD). We also examined whether SPD mediated associations between childhood maltreatment and all outcomes. We analyzed data from a 2-wave cohort telephone survey of a national U.S. sample of current cigarette smokers (n = 751). We used generalized path modeling to examine associations between maltreatment/SPD and concerns about smoking, motivation to quit, quit attempts, and smoking cessation (among the overall sample and selecting for those who made at least 1 quit attempt between waves; n = 368). Among women, maltreatment and SPD were associated with lower likelihood of quitting as well as making a successful quit attempt. SPD mediated the association between maltreatment and likelihood of successfully quitting. Women with maltreatment also had stronger concerns about smoking and motivation to quit than those without maltreatment, although there were no differences in actual quit attempts made. Neither childhood maltreatment nor SPD was associated with smoking outcomes among men. Findings suggest that female smokers with a history of childhood maltreatment are motivated to quit smoking; however, they may have more difficulty quitting smoking as a result of SPD. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Title
- The relationship between childhood physical and emotional abuse and smoking cessation among U.S. women and men
- Creators
- Philip H Smith - Yale UniversityMegan L Saddleson - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkGregory G Homish - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkSherry A McKee - Yale UniversityLynn T Kozlowski - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkGary A Giovino - University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- Publication Details
- Psychology of addictive behaviors, v 29(2), pp 338-346
- Grant note
- K12 DA031050 / NIDA NIH HHS K12DA031050 / NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA033945 / NIDA NIH HHS T32 MH014235 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000356163800012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84939617145
- Other Identifier
- 991022030931204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Substance Abuse