title: Neighborhood vigilance, health locus of control, and smoking abstinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether health locus of control mediated relations of self-reported neighborhood vigilance and biochemically verified, continuous short-term smoking abstinence among 200 smokers enrolled in a cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nonparametric bootstrapping procedure was used to assess mediation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health locus of control-chance mediated relations between neighborhood vigilance and smoking abstinence in analyses adjusted for sociodemographics and tobacco dependence (p < .05). Greater vigilance was associated with greater attributions that health was affected by chance, which was associated with a lower likelihood of smoking abstinence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that neighborhood perceptions influence residents' attributions for health outcomes, which can affect smoking abstinence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Lrreitze@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Lorraine R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Reitzel
authors.forename: Sejal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahoti
authors.forename: Yisheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yumei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wetter
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Jennifer Irvin
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Vidrine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception