title: Social cognitive predictors of smoking cessation intentions among smoker employees: the roles of anticipated regret and social norms.
abstract: The present study assessed the effects of anticipated regret, social norms, and related social cognitions on smoking cessation intentions among indoor employees in a pro-smoking culture. Overall, 93 daily smokers completed anonymous structured questionnaires assessing attitudinal and health beliefs about tobacco use, social norms, quitting self-efficacy, and anticipated regret. Past quit attempts and tobacco dependence were also measured. Hierarchical linear regression and mediation analyses showed that attitudes toward quitting, self-efficacy and anticipated regret significantly predicted cessation intentions, over and above past quit attempts and tobacco dependence. Unlike in previous studies, tobacco dependence, descriptive norms and smoke-free policies did not directly influence quit intentions in our sample of smokers. Anticipated regret mediated the effects of attitudes and social norms on cessation intentions.
authors.affiliation: South-East European Research Centre, Greece. llazuras@seerc.org
authors.forename: Lambros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazuras
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chatzipolychroni
authors.forename: Angelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodafinos
authors.forename: J Richard
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Eiser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace