Characterizing the Impact of Dyadic Motivations to Quit on Cessation Outcomes in Dual-Smoking Couples.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Among dual-smoking couples, both partners have smoking-related motivations that may either facilitate or hinder cessation efforts. Existing research typically focuses on individual-level motivation, which may be inadequate for capturing aspects of concordance and discrepancy. This study characterized couples' motivational profiles and examined their associations with smoking cessation outcomes.

Methods

We conducted secondary analyses from a randomized controlled pilot study of 95 dual-smoking couples to examine how dyadic motivations to quit smoking predicted individual and joint point-prevalence abstinence at 3 months. Both partners reported their own motivation to quit (self-oriented) and their motivation for their partner to quit (partner-oriented). We examin

SUBMITTER: Nagawa CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12575930 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature