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Smokers’ thoughts and worries: A study using ecological momentary assessment
- Source :
- Health Psychol
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- American Psychological Association (APA), 2009.
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Abstract
- Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate smokers' thoughts and worries about their smoking behavior. Researchers have sometimes asked smokers to make such self-assessments but typically using retrospective summary judgments. Design Using ecological momentary assessment, community and student smokers reported five times daily during two separate 1-week intervals. Main outcome measures Smokers reported their thoughts about smoking, worries about smoking, and level of contemplation to quit smoking. Results Smokers reported thinking negatively about their smoking 26.8% of the time they had a cigarette. The most frequent thoughts reported by smokers related to immediate reinforcement of smoking (e.g., "How I smell like cigarettes"). However, smokers reported more intense worry about thoughts related to health concerns (e.g., "Symptoms I'm having because of smoking"). The occurrence of negative thoughts was significantly and positively related to contemplation about quitting, worry about smoking, and risk perceptions. Finally, self-reported worry intensity was more strongly related to contemplation of quitting than negative thought occurrence. Conclusion Our results show that thoughts about smoking (i.e., cognitions) and feelings about smoking (i.e., worry) are loosely connected and it is feelings rather than cognitions that are most related to contemplation to quit.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Contemplation
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
Anxiety
Social Environment
Article
Thinking
Young Adult
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Students
Applied Psychology
media_common
Ecology
Smoking
Social environment
Abstinence
Opioid-Related Disorders
Mental health
Psychiatry and Mental health
Feeling
Computers, Handheld
behavior and behavior mechanisms
Smoking cessation
Female
Smoking Cessation
Worry
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Attitude to Health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19307810 and 02786133
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....018c282e9a587a4a2090e6a57c5604bc