title: The interaction between anxiety sensitivity and cigarette smoking level in relation to sleep onset latency among adolescent cigarette smokers.
abstract: Cigarette smoking during adolescence is linked to a number of sleep disturbances and has been consistently linked to sleep onset latency among adults. However, little research has examined factors that may influence the relation between cigarette smoking level and sleep onset latency among adolescents. One factor that may be particularly important in this regard is anxiety sensitivity (AS). The current study examined whether cigarette smoking level interacted with AS in its association with sleep onset latency among 94 adolescent (Mage = 15.72) cigarette smokers. As hypothesized, AS interacted with smoking level to relate to sleep onset latency, even after controlling for age and gender. This relation was specific to sleep onset latency as opposed to other types of sleep disturbances, and that adolescents who smoked at higher levels tended to go to sleep later and wake up later than adolescents who smoked at relatively lower levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA. Electronic address: sabilsky@uark.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bilsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA; Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Feldner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.affiliation: National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Babson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA. Electronic address: eleenfe@uark.edu.
authors.forename: Ellen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Leen-Feldner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Adolescents; Anxiety sensitivity; Cigarettes; Sleep onset latency