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- Title
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in the Relation Between Trait Worry and Smoking Behavior.
- Authors
Olvera, Hyaneyoung; Bakhshaie, Jafar; Garey, Lorra; Jardin, Charles; Schmidt, Norman B.; Zvolensky, Michael J.
- Abstract
Introduction: Smoking and anxiety disorders frequently co-occur. Trait worry is a core symptom of anxiety disorders. While research suggests worry processes may be important to certain smoking behaviors, the mechanisms explicating these relations remain unknown. Method: The current study examined anxiety sensitivity (AS) as a potential mediator for the relation between trait worry and number of years being a daily smoker, latency to first cigarette of the day, smoking rate, heaviness of smoking, and nicotine dependence among treatment-seeking daily smokers (N = 376; 47% female; Mage = 37.76, SD = 13.46). Results: Consistent with prediction, AS significantly mediated the relations between trait worry and the studied smoking variables. Conclusion: The present findings suggest it may be useful to clinically address AS among worryprone, treatment-seeking daily smokers in order to address smoking behavior.
- Subjects
ANXIETY sensitivity; SMOKING; CIGARETTE smokers; NICOTINE addiction; ANXIETY disorders
- Publication
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2015, Vol 17, Issue 6, p682
- ISSN
1462-2203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ntr/ntu233