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Association between felt ambivalence and the desire to quit waterpipe use among college students

Authors :
Devon Noonan
Isaac M. Lipkus
Source :
Journal of health psychology. 22(14)
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

College waterpipe tobacco smokers who feel more ambivalence, that is, conflicted about its use, may have a stronger desire to quit. Using baseline survey data of 315 college waterpipe smokers, we examined this relationship. While frequency of feeling ambivalence was low, greater ambivalence was related with desire to quit ( r = .46, p

Details

ISSN :
14617277
Volume :
22
Issue :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of health psychology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4f9f958ccdebe6177975a026f3b438ed