Treatment attrition: Associations with negative affect smoking motives and barriers to quitting among treatment-seeking smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pre-treatment attrition and perceived barriers for quitting are clinically important processes involved in early phases of quitting smoking. However, less is known about the constructs that may contribute to these processes such as negative affect reduction smoking motives.

Method

The current study sought to evaluate the relation between negative affect reduction smoking motives and pre-treatment attrition and perceived barriers for quitting in a sample of 425 treatment-seeking smokers (48.5% female; Mage=37.69 years; SD=13.61) enrolled in a smoking cessation study examining the efficacy of a transdiagnostic panic-smoking cessation treatment relative to a standard smoking cessation treatment.

Results

Results indicated that greater negative affect reductio

SUBMITTER: Garey L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5017005 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature