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The Influence Of Smoker Status, Smoking History, Sex, And Situational Variables On Smokers' Self-Efficacy

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Addictive Behaviors

Volume

10

Issue

4

First Page

425

Last Page

429

Abstract

Recent work in smoking cessation has focused on cognitive factors related to relapse and maintenance. The present investigation utilized an established self-efficacy-based questionnaire to determine whether sex, length of smoking history, successful quitting attempts, and environmental events affected subjects' perceived confidence of resisting smoking urges. It was hypothesized that: (a) subjects with fewer years smoking would have higher self-efficacy than those smoking for longer periods; (b) reported self-efficacy would be lowest for those situations involving negative moods; and (c) successful quitters would report higher self-efficacy than unsuccessful quitters. The second and third hypotheses were strongly confirmed, and a nonsignificant tendency in the expected direction was found for the first hypothesis. The results were generally consistent with the self-efficacy and the Abstinence Violation Effect (AVE) models. © 1985.

Original Publication Date

1-1-1985

DOI of published version

10.1016/0306-4603(85)90040-1

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