Evaluating the role of panic disorder in emotional sensitivity processes involved with smoking.
The present study investigated the relationship between panic disorder and emotional sensitivity processes related to smoking. Participants were 170 young adult (mean age = 25.2 [8.4]) regular smokers (mean cigarettes per day = 15.6 [2.4]) with (n = 69) and without (n = 101) a primary diagnosis of panic disorder. Consistent with prediction, smokers with panic disorder showed greater motivation to smoke in order to reduce negative affect (but not other reasons for smoking), reported anxiety symptoms but not non-anxiety symptoms as problematic obstacles to quitting during past (lifetime) quit attempts, and reported lower levels of confidence in remaining abstinent when emotionally distressed. Results are discussed in relation to panic-relevant emotional sensitivity processes involved with smoking.
Zvolensky
Michael J
MJ
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0134, USA. Michael.Zvolensky@uvm.edu
Schmidt
Norman B
NB
Antony
Martin M
MM
McCabe
Randi E
RE
Forsyth
John P
JP
Feldner
Matthew T
MT
Leen-Feldner
Ellen
E
Karekla
Maria
M
Kahler
Christopher W
CW
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States