title: Relationship of self-reported and acute stress to smoking in emerging adult smokers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the current study, we examined subjective and objective measures of stress and their relationship to baseline and future cigarette smoking behaviors over a 1-year follow-up in young adult experimental smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N = 56) completed two laboratory sessions to determine subjective and objective responses to a controlled laboratory stressor versus a control task. Baseline measures included drug use and smoking histories and a self-report measure of habitual stress (i.e., daily hassles). They were re-contacted 1 year after the laboratory sessions to determine smoking status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was wide variability in smoking trajectories, with 34% of participants increasing their smoking over the course of the year. Contrary to predictions, neither daily hassles nor stress reactivity was related to smoking at baseline or change over the year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These preliminary findings suggest that daily stress or responses to acute social stress are not strong predictors of progression in emerging adult smokers.
authors.affiliation: mconrad@uic.edu
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wardle
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Wit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D057566:Self Report; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006854:Hydrocortisone