title: Motivation and reasons to quit: predictive validity among adolescent smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine reasons to quit among adolescents in a smoking cessation program, and whether reasons were associated with subsequent cessation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 351 adolescents. At baseline, adolescents reported motivation, reasons to quit, and stage of change for cessation. Quit status was assessed at end of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Girls were more likely to endorse image and appearance reasons to quit. Cessation was more likely among adolescents with higher motivation and those wanting to quit because of friends.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different reasons to quit were associated with motivation and cessation. Baseline motivation strongly predicted cessation, suggesting the relative value of assessing global motivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. lindseyt@uic.edu
authors.forename: Lindsey R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mermelstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires