title: Perceived health: a test of incremental validity in relation to smoking outcome expectancies, motivation to smoke and desire to quit smoking.
abstract: This study examined the role of perceived health in predicting theoretically-relevant aspects of smoking behavior among 161 young adult regular smokers (67 females; mean age = 21.9 years (SD = 7.2), cigarettes per day (M) = 12.2 (SD = 5.7)) recruited from the general community. Consistent with prediction, results indicated that relative to anxiety sensitivity, gender, number of cigarettes smoked per day and nicotine dependence, perceived physical health uniquely and significantly predicted expectancies for negative affect reduction and expectancies that smoking would lead to negative personal consequences. Additionally, perceived health incrementally predicted motivation to smoke to reduce negative affect. In contrast to expectation, perceived health was unrelated to motivation to quit smoking. Results are discussed in relation to the role of perceived health as a cognitive vulnerability factor for specific types of smoking patterns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405-0134, USA.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gregor
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.forename: Ellen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Leen-Feldner
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Yartz
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Feldner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012907:Smoking; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires