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- Title
Stable and momentary psychosocial correlates of everyday smoking: An application of Temporal Self-Regulation Theory.
- Authors
Jones, Christopher M.; Schüz, Benjamin
- Abstract
Smoking is one of the leading causes of non-communicable disease mortality and morbidity. Smoking behaviour is determined by both stable, person-level (e.g., motivation, nicotine dependence) and variable, situation-level factors (e.g., urges, cues). However, most theoretical approaches to understanding health behaviours so far have not integrated these two spheres of influence. Temporal Self-Regulation Theory (TST) integrates these person-level and situation-level factors, but has not yet been comprehensively applied to predicting smoking behaviour. We use Ecological Momentary Assessment to examine the utility of TST in predicting daily smoking. 46 smokers reported individual and environmental cues right after smoking and at random time points during the day. Cognitions, self-control, past behaviour, and nicotine dependence were assessed at baseline. Multi-level logistic regressions show that smoking is largely guided by momentary cues, but individual motivation can buffer their influence. This suggests that TST is a useful integrative approach to understand modifiable determinants of smoking and thus intervention targets.
- Subjects
GERMANY; SMOKING cessation; SELF-management (Psychology); HEALTH behavior
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-021-00248-4