Difficulties in emotion regulation and ad libitum smoking topography: A secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the well-known linkages between poor emotion regulation and subjective smoking motives, little is known about the role of emotion regulation in predicting smoking reinforcement behavior. This study examined the relation between difficulties in emotion regulation and puff velocity data, a behavioral index of smoking reinforcement, in adult daily cigarette smokers.

Method

The current study was a secondary analysis of data collected from non-treatment seeking daily smokers (N = 124). Participants completed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) followed by an ad libitum smoking period during which puff topography data was collected via a handheld puffing device. Puff velocity served as our puff topography index and was examined at the average a

SUBMITTER: Smith JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12920009 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature