title: Withdrawal symptoms and previous attempts to quit smoking: associations with self-efficacy.
abstract: This study examines the relationship between self-efficacy and sustained smoking cessation in Dutch quitters attending a group program for smoking cessation in 1991. Increase in self-efficacy during treatment was found to be a predictor of outcome after controlling for demographic characteristics and cessation history variables. Relapsers (n = 75) showed more negative relationships between self-efficacy and withdrawal symptoms than long-term abstainers (n = 58). Relapsers who were more depressed during the attempt under study were less self-efficacious at the end of treatment. In addition, the duration of the previous attempt to quit smoking proved to be differently associated with self-efficacy for quitters and relapsers.
authors.affiliation: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Scholte
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Breteler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D014836:Volition