Evaluating the mediating role of coping-based smoking motives among treatment-seeking adult smokers.
BACKGROUND
Empirical work has demonstrated a linkage between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms. However, there is little understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association.


METHODS
The present investigation examined the role of coping-based smoking motives in terms of mediating the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate among a sample of treatment-seeking adult smokers (N = 123; 84 women; M(age) = 45.93, SD = 10.34).


RESULTS
Results indicated that coping motives mediated the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that coping motives play a key role in terms of better understanding the association between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms.
Johnson
Kirsten A
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Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Stewart
Sherry H
SH
Zvolensky
Michael J
MJ
Steeves
Dan
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology*
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