Evaluating the mediating role of coping-based smoking motives among treatment-seeking adult smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Empirical work has demonstrated a linkage between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms. However, there is little understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association.

Method

The present investigation examined the role of coping-based smoking motives in terms of mediating the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate among a sample of treatment-seeking adult smokers (N = 123; 84 women; M(age) = 45.93, SD = 10.34).

Results

Results indicated that coping motives mediated the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate.

Discussion

These results suggest that coping motives play a key role in terms of better understandi

SUBMITTER: Johnson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2910310 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature