title: Psychosocial factors related to smoking: the midlife study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is limited research on the correlates of cigarette smoking in women in late midlife.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study examined the associations between risk factors in several psychosocial domains and current cigarette smoking among women in their mid-60s. These domains included risks in personal attributes, family relationships, negative life events, financial stressors, contextual factors, and problematic alcohol use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were from a cohort of women originally living in two upstate New York counties (N = 511) in late midlife (mean age = 65). Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results supported our hypotheses. The cumulative psychosocial risk index was significantly associated with a greater likelihood of cigarette smoking [A.O.R. = 1.53; 95% C.I. (1.3-.181); p < .001] after controlling for age and educational level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to reduce the number of psychosocial risk factors faced by women in their 60s in order to reduce the likelihood of continued cigarette smoking.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors: Judith S
authors: JS
authors: Brook
authors: Chenshu
authors: C
authors: Zhang
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Brook
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health