Motivation and reasons to quit: predictive validity among adolescent smokers.
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.
Turner
Lindsey R
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Department of Psychology, Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. lindseyt@uic.edu
Mermelstein
Robin
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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