Perceived role of motivation and self-efficacy in smoking cessation: A secondary data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This secondary analysis tested whether smokers' perceived importance of willpower, ability to quit (i.e., self-efficacy), and use of treatment would prospectively predict occurrence of a quit attempt, duration of abstinence, or use of cessation aids.

Methods

Smokers (n=143) who planned to quit sometime in the next 3months were asked whether, for most smokers, a) willpower is necessary for quitting, b) willpower is sufficient for quitting, c) they could quit anytime, d) they were too addicted to quit, and e) they thought use of aids indicated weakness of character. Smokers then reported quit attempts and abstinence daily for 3months. No treatment was provided.

Results

The two willpower beliefs were often endorsed (78% and 60% each); the can quit any time and

SUBMITTER: Hughes JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4943656 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature