title: Gender, smoking expectancies, and readiness to quit among urban African American smokers.
abstract: The relationship between smoking expectancies and readiness to quit as well as gender differences in expectancies and readiness to quit was examined among 484 urban African American smokers. Univariate analyses revealed that higher positive expectancies were generally associated with less readiness to quit and higher negative expectancies were associated with greater readiness to quit. A multivariable model indicated that stimulation/state enhancement, taste/sensorimotor manipulation, and weight control were most strongly related to intention to quit. Although men and women did not differ on readiness to quit, women reported higher scores on the negative affect reduction subscale than did men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health/Mailstop 1008, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City 66160-7370, USA. kpulvers@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Kim M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pulvers
authors.forename: Delwyn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Catley
authors.forename: Kolawole
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuyemi
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheibmeir
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCarter
authors.forename: Shawn K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jeffries
authors.forename: Jasjit S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D014504:Urban Health; D015431:Weight Loss