Negative affect subtypes and craving differentially predict long-term cessation success among smokers achieving initial abstinence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the associations of individual trajectories of three types of negative affect (NA: anxiety, depression, and anger) and craving during a 44-day period of incentivized smoking abstinence period with cessation outcome at 3 months and at 1 year.

Methods

Adult smokers (N = 140) completed questionnaire assessments of NA and craving during pre-quit baseline sessions and 15 postquit sessions over the 45 days of biochemically verified abstinence while on nicotine or placebo patch treatment. Growth curve and logistic regression analyses were used to examine the associations of trajectory parameters of the individual NA states and craving with the abstinence outcomes at 3 months and 1 year postquit.

Results

Greater declines in anxiety, depre

SUBMITTER: Zuo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5309162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature