M J Zvolensky
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 7309 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M J Zvolensky |
| PRENOMES | M J |
| SOBRENOME | Zvolensky |
| ASSINATURA | ZVOLENSKY M J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1869-0906 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 138 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 138 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Dual nicotine and cannabis use among Asian American and Pacific Island adults
Background There are documented health disparities concerning Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) adults who smoke combustible tobacco, yet little work has identified factors related to worse smoking outcomes among these individuals. This is the first study to test whether cannabis use among AAPI adults who smoke tobacco is related to more severe cigarette dependence, and whether negative affect and negative reinforcement expectancies play a…
Racism and Cannabis-Related Problems Among Hispanic/Latine Adults
Method: We examined the role of negative emotions resulting from racism on cannabis-related problems among 520 (44.2% female) Hispanic/Latine adults aged 18-65 (M = 36.6, SD = 10.3) who endorsed past-month cannabis use. Results: Consistent with minority stress-based models, frequency of experiencing racism was statistically significantly correlated with racism-related negative affect, coping-motivated cannabis use, cannabis-related problems, anxi…
Unmet Health-Related Social Needs Among Black Adults Who Smoke
Physical health among Hispanic adults
The Hispanic population in the United States (US) is an established tobacco and physical health disparities population. However, there has been limited study of this group in terms of type of nicotine product use and health status. The current investigation builds from limited past work to explore differences in physical health status, somatic symptom severity, and medical conditions between Hispanic adults who exclusively use combustible cigaret…
Smoking as a Marker of Comorbid Vulnerability Among Persons with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking
Background: Persons with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to those without evince high rates of hazardous drinking, or patterns of alcohol consumption that increase the risk for harmful consequences. One potential marker of vulnerability for PTSD-hazardous drinking comorbidity may be smoking behavior. Individuals with PTSD have a higher prevalence of smoking and smoke at higher rates. Smokers, compared to nonsmokers, are more apt to …
Pain Interference and Intensity in Relation to Abstinence Outcomes Following a One-Session Personalized Feedback Smoking Cessation Digital-Intervention
Background: Pain is a highly common and costly health problem that is strongly linked to cigarette smoking. Pain interference, the degree to which pain impedes physical, occupational, recreational, and social functioning, may have an important role in terms of smoking cessation. However, no study has examined the role of pain interference as a predictor of relapse following a quit attempt in a smoking cessation trial. Objectives: The current stud…
The Indirect Effects of Negative Affect Reduction Motives on the Relationship Between Sex and Severity of Problems When Trying to Quit Among Black Adults Who Smoke
Background. African American/Black (hereafter referred to as Black) persons who smoke constitute a tobacco disparities group in the United States. Within the Black population, female smokers experience a disproportionate percentage of these disparities and are less likely to quit cigarettes than their male counterparts. Two factors implicated in female smokers’ relatively worse quit success are (1) motives to smoke to reduce negative affect and (…
Anxiety and Cannabis-Related Behaviors Among Black/African American Undergraduates
Introduction: Black/African American individuals who use cannabis report greater increases in frequent cannabis use and more cannabis-related problems, indicating a need to identify malleable psychological factors that may play a role in cannabis-related problems to inform prevention and treatment. One such factor is false safety behaviors (FSBs), or behaviors geared toward decreasing anxiety short-term but that maintain anxiety in the long-term.…
Ethnic Discrimination and Heart-Focused Anxiety Among Hispanic Young Adults
Covid-19 Worry and Smoking Abstinence Expectancies Among Hispanic Individuals Who Smoke
The Robust Relation of Microaggressions with Alcohol-Related Problems Among Black Individuals Who Use Alcohol
Latent profiles of processes in acceptance and commitment therapy and their associations with eating disorder symptoms among adult women
Pain Severity and Mental Health of Lifetime Trauma Exposed Young Adults
Traumatic events are clinically significant experiences for young adults, associated with an increased risk of adverse mental health outcomes and poorer well-being. Little work has explored the underlying relationships of mental health problems in the context of pain in this population. Therefore, the present study sought to examine the role of emotion dysregulation and its sub-facets in the relation between individual differences in the severity…
Isolating the unique role of transdiagnostic risk factors and perceived barriers for smoking cessation
Individuals who smoke cigarettes and experience affective vulnerabilities report more severe smoking patterns. Prior work has identified several transdiagnostic risk factors associated with perceived barriers for smoking cessation, including distress tolerance, anxiety sensitivity, and emotion dysregulation. However, no work has explored the unique effect of these constructs on dimensions of perceived barriers for smoking cessation while controll…
Sex Differences in the Synergistic Effects of Distress Intolerance and Anxiety Sensitivity on Alcohol Use and Related Problems Among Black Adults who Smoke
Although Black Americans have less alcohol use than non-Hispanic/Latine White Americans, they have comparable rates of binge drinking and alcohol use disorder. Moreover, Black Americans that smoke cigarettes appear at especially high risk for alcohol-related problems, highlighting a need to identify factors related to alcohol outcomes among Black Americans that smoke to better tailor treatments. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) and distress intolerance (…
Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety as a transdiagnostic mechanism involved in persons with irritable bowel syndrome who smoke
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that imposes significant life impairment. Smoking is an addictive and potentially exacerbating behavior that may be important to IBS, but the psychological factors linking IBS and smoking remain underexplored. This study aims to investigate gastrointestinal-specific anxiety (GI-specific anxiety) in relation to smoking processes among adults with IBS who smoke. The sample consis…
Racial Regard and Internalizing Symptoms Among Black Youth
Racism-related relational schemas such as negative public regard, a facet of racial identity, can both contribute to or buffer against risk for internalizing psychopathology. Expressive suppression may be a target factor in understanding the complex relationship between negative public regard and internalizing psychopathology. The present investigation examined indirect effects of negative public regard on internalizing symptoms through expressiv…
Examining Financial Strain and Subjective Social Status in Terms of Behavioral Health Among Latinx Adults in a Federally Qualified Health Center
Motivation to Abstain from Drinking as a Moderator of Associations Between Parent and Offspring Problem Drinking
OBJECTIVE: Motivational processes are key factors in the development and maintenance of problem drinking and include motivation to drink as well as motivation to abstain from drinking. Although motivation to drink has been widely studied, little research has considered motivation to abstain from drinking. The current study addresses this gap in research by exploring the role of motivation to abstain from drinking based on dispositional risk, fear…
Posttraumatic Stress and Opioid Use and Pain among Individuals with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Self-Reported Chronic Pain
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain and opioid misuse are a prevalent comorbidity with deleterious health outcomes. Growing work indicates that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can increase the risk for chronic pain and opioid misuse and dependence. However, there is little understanding of social determinants of health (SDoH) that may account for interrelations of PTSD with chronic pain and opioid misuse and dependence. Health literacy is one relevant …
Pain Severity in Relation to Smoking Cessation Problems and Self-Efficacy for Quitting among Latinx Individuals Who Smoke Cigarettes
Background: Latinx individuals experience significant tobacco cigarette smoking-related diseases and illnesses. Although most Latinx smokers report a desire to quit smoking, evidenced-based cessation treatments are underutilized in this group, which may partially be due to lower likelihood of receiving advice from a healthcare professional. Further, there are a lack of cessation treatments that account for comorbid symptoms/conditions (e.g., co-o…
Dual Electronic and Combustible Cigarette Use
Background: E-cigarette use is on the rise and many who use e-cigarettes also smoke combustible cigarettes. Dual use (i.e., use of both electronic and combustible cigarettes) is associated with greater rates of cannabis use and cannabis use among individuals who engage in dual use is related to more severe ecigarette-related problems. Yet, no known studies have tested whether cannabis use is related to more severe e-cigarette problems via negativ…
Neighborhood Vigilance in Terms of Abstinence Expectancies for Smoking and Severity of Problems When Quitting
Background: Although social determinants of health (SDoH) have increasingly been understood as clinically important factors in the onset, maintenance, and relapse of substance use behavior, little research has evaluated neighborhood vigilance in terms of smoking. Objectives: The present investigation sought to evaluate the role of neighborhood vigilance in terms of smoking abstinence expectancies (i.e., perceived consequences of refraining from s…
Relations between distress tolerance and psychosocial variables in adults experiencing homelessness
Distress Tolerance (DT) is a transdiagnostic factor that may help better understand vulnerability to mental health problems. This study explores DT among recently incarcerated adults experiencing homelessness (RIHAs). Participants (n = 298) were recruited from an ongoing clinical trial at a homeless shelter in Texas. Cross-sectional linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the relations between DT subconstructs (tolerance, appraisal, …
Self-efficacy moderates the association between adverse childhood experiences and generalized anxiety symptoms among Latine college students
Childhood Maltreatment and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation
This study examined relations among childhood maltreatment, difficulties in emotion regulation, and sexual and relationship satisfaction among young adult women reporting current involvement in committed, romantic relationships. A sample of 192 women (ages 18-25) completed self-report questionnaires as part of an Internet-based survey. It was hypothesized that severity of childhood maltreatment and difficulties in emotion regulation would each in…
Clarifying the relation of acculturative stress and anxiety/depressive symptoms
These findings suggest the utility of assessing and targeting anxiety sensitivity in the treatment of acculturative stress-related depression/anxiety problems among Hispanic college students. (PsycINFO Database Record
The Interaction of Mindful-based Attention and Awareness and Disengagement Coping with HIV/Aids-related Stigma in regard to Concurrent Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Adults with HIV/Aids
This investigation examined the interaction of disengagement coping with HIV/AIDS-related stigma and mindful-based attention and awareness in regard to anxiety and depressive symptoms among people with HIV/AIDS. There was a significant interaction in regard to anxiety symptoms. Higher levels of disengagement coping paired with lower levels of mindful-based attention and awareness was related to the greatest degrees of anxiety symptoms, while lowe…
Culturally related anxiety and ethnic identity in Navajo college students
The Cultural Involvement and Detachment Anxiety Questionnaire (D. W. McNeil, C. A. Porter, M. J. Zvolensky, & J. M. Chaney, 1998) and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (J. S. Phinney, 1992) were administered to 160 Navajo college students to explore the relation between ethnic identity and culturally related anxiety, compare level of ethnic identity in reference to standardized samples, and test for gender differences. Correlations indicated…
Perceived Discrimination, Experiential Avoidance, and Mental Health among Hispanic Adults in Primary Care
The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the United States and frequently experiences racial discrimination and mental health difficulties. Prior work suggests that perceived racial discrimination is a significant risk factor for poorer mental health among Hispanic in the United States. However, little work has investigated how perceived racial discrimination relates to anxiety and depression among Hispanic adults. Thus, the curre…
Racial Discrimination and Hazardous Drinking among Black Drinkers
Objective: Black Americans who consume alcohol experience worse alcohol-related outcomes. Thus, identifying psycho-sociocultural factors that play a role in hazardous drinking among Black individuals is vital to informing prevention and treatment efforts to reduce these disparities. Racial discrimination is related to hazardous drinking among Black adults, suggesting that some may drink (and continue to drink despite drinking-related problems) to…
Measuring Sexual Motives
Sexual motives refer to functions served by sexual behavior. The Sex Motivations Scale (SMS) has frequently been used to assess sexual motives. At its development, the SMS demonstrated good internal consistency; convergent, divergent, and criterion validity; and configural invariance across sex, age, and Caucasians and African Americans. Yet the metric and scalar invariance of the SMS has not been examined, nor has the measurement invariance of t…
Ethnic discrimination and self-rated health among Hispanic emerging adults
The Explanatory Role of Insomnia in the Relationship between Pain Intensity and Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity among Trauma-Exposed Latinos in a Federally Qualified Health Center
Racial Regard and Internalizing Symptoms Among Black Youth
Racism-related relational schemas such as negative public regard, a facet of racial identity, can both contribute to or buffer against risk for internalizing psychopathology. Expressive suppression may be a target factor in understanding the complex relationship between negative public regard and internalizing psychopathology. The present investigation examined indirect effects of negative public regard on internalizing symptoms through expressiv…
Computer-delivered personalized feedback intervention for hazardous drinkers with elevated anxiety sensitivity
Integrated treatments for hazardous drinking and anxiety/depression are virtually nonexistent. Anxiety sensitivity is a common mechanism for both anxiety/depression and hazardous drinking. This article presents a study protocol for the development and testing of an integrated remotely delivered anxiety sensitivity/hazardous drinking personalized feedback intervention. Hazardous drinking college students with elevated anxiety sensitivity ( n = 130…
Anxiety sensitivity and acculturative stress
The Latinx population suffers from mental health inequalities. Although past work has implicated acculturative stress and anxiety sensitivity as important individual difference factors for anxiety and depression in this group, it is presently unclear how they work together to influence more severe anxiety and depressive symptom expression among Latinx. To help address this gap in the existing literature, the current study evaluated the role of co…
Worry Among Latinx Young Adults
Anxiety sensitivity and acculturative stress among trauma exposed Latinx young adults
There are elevated rates of trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and greater conditional risk of posttraumatic stress disorder among Latinx relative to other racial/ethnic groups. Such trauma-related health disparities serve to exacerbate or maintain acculturative and other types of stress among the Latinx population. Yet, little research has explored what types of individual difference factors may undergird variability in acculturativ…
Emotional Nonacceptance and Anxiety Sensitivity in Relation to Anxious Arousal, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American Young Adults
Past work suggests African American college students may be a segment of the college population at heightened risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms; however, there remains an overarching need to broaden our understanding of individual difference variables that may be related to adverse emotional states. The purpose of the present study was to test a theoretically driven interactive model of two individual difference variables (anxiety sensitiv…
The role of negative affect in the relation between subjective social status and mental health among economically disadvantaged Latinos in primary care
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the explanatory role of negative affect in the relation between subjective social status and anxiety/depressive disorders, suicidality symptoms, and disruption in life domains (i.e. disability; work/school, social life, and family life/home responsibilities) among Latinos seeking health services at a primary healthcare facility. Design/methodology/approach An experiment was designed using participan…
Cannabis use frequency and use-related impairment among African-American and White users
Although African-American and White participants do not differ in their cannabis use frequency or cannabis-related impairment, they appear to use cannabis for different reasons. Further, conformity, coping, and social motives were differentially associated with cannabis-related impairment as a function of race. Findings suggest motives for cannabis use should be contexualised in the context of race
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in terms of Asthma Control
The aim of the present pilot investigation was to examine the role of specific subfactors of anxiety sensitivity (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) in terms of asthma control among a young adult sample ( N = 56; M age = 20.0; SD = 3.9; Range = 18-45 years). Results indicated that, after controlling for gender, cigarette smoking status, and negative affectivity, the physical concerns factor of anxiety sensitivity, relative to cognitive and…
Exploration of the Relevance of Anxiety Sensitivity among Adults Living with HIV/Aids for Understanding Anxiety Vulnerability
This investigation explored facets of anxiety sensitivity (AS-social, physical and mental concerns) in regard to somatization, anxiety and depression symptoms among people with HIV/AIDS. Significant relations were found for AS-physical concerns and somatization symptoms ( β = .52, p = .007) and AS-mental concerns and anxiety symptoms ( β = .29, p < .05), controlling for negative affectivity, gender and shared variance with other AS subscales. Tog…
Cardiophobia
Cardiophobia, a clinical syndrome that affects hundreds of thousands of individuals in the USA, is characterized by abrupt, recurrent sensations and pain in the chest in the absence of physical pathology. This conceptual article seeks to address the significance of cardiophobia in western culture and to distinguish it from related disorders. In addition, a model of cardiophobia that highlights the role of heart-focused anxiety and interoceptive c…
Culturally related anxiety and ethnic identity in Navajo college students
Culturally related anxiety and ethnic identity in Navajo college students
The Cultural Involvement and Detachment Anxiety Questionnaire (D. W. McNeil, C. A. Porter, M. J. Zvolensky, & J. M. Chaney, 1998) and the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (J. S. Phinney, 1992) were administered to 160 Navajo college students to explore the relation between ethnic identity and culturally related anxiety, compare level of ethnic identity in reference to standardized samples, and test for gender differences. Correlations indicated…
Offset control during recurrent 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air induction
Although control over aversive events maintains a central role in contemporary models of anxiety pathology, particularly panic disorder, there is little understanding about the emotional consequences of specific types of control processes. In the present study, offset control over 8 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air administrations was experimentally manipulated in a large nonclinical population (n = 96) varying in anxiety sensitivity (high or low)…
Offset control during recurrent 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air induction
Evaluation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (Bart) as a predictor of adolescent real‐world risk‐taking behaviours
The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) was administered to a sample of 26 high school‐aged adolescents to test the utility of the BART as a behavioural measure of risk‐taking propensity. Data indicate that riskyness on the BART was related to self‐reported engagement in real‐world risk‐taking behaviours. These data replicate and uniquely extend past research to an adolescent sample, suggesting that the BART may be a useful addition to self‐report …
Measuring experiential avoidance
Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity
Accumulating evidence suggests that anxiety sensitivity (fear of arousal-related sensations) plays an important role in many clinical conditions, particularly anxiety disorders. Research has increasingly focused on how the basic dimensions of anxiety sensitivity are related to various forms of psychopathology. Such work has been hampered because the original measure--the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI)--was not designed to be multidimensional. Su…
Tobacco use and cessation in psychiatric disorders
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) convened a meeting in September 2005 to review tobacco use and dependence and smoking cessation among those with mental disorders, especially individuals with anxiety disorders, depression, or schizophrenia. Smoking rates are exceptionally high among these individuals and contribute to the high rates of medical morbidity and mortality in these individuals. Numerous biological, psychological, and soci…
Cardiophobia
Cardiophobia, a clinical syndrome that affects hundreds of thousands of individuals in the USA, is characterized by abrupt, recurrent sensations and pain in the chest in the absence of physical pathology. This conceptual article seeks to address the significance of cardiophobia in western culture and to distinguish it from related disorders. In addition, a model of cardiophobia that highlights the role of heart-focused anxiety and interoceptive c…
Marijuana Use, Abuse, and Dependence
The present investigation examined marijuana use, abuse, and dependence in relation to anxious and fearful responding to panic-relevant bodily sensations elicited by a biological challenge procedure among a sample of young adult marijuana users (n = 64; 46.9% women; M(age) = 20.97, SD = 6.01). Results indicated that those who were dependent on marijuana had greater self-reported panic attack symptoms post-challenge than those who abused marijuana…
The Interaction of Mindful-based Attention and Awareness and Disengagement Coping with HIV/Aids-related Stigma in regard to Concurrent Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Adults with HIV/Aids
This investigation examined the interaction of disengagement coping with HIV/AIDS-related stigma and mindful-based attention and awareness in regard to anxiety and depressive symptoms among people with HIV/AIDS. There was a significant interaction in regard to anxiety symptoms. Higher levels of disengagement coping paired with lower levels of mindful-based attention and awareness was related to the greatest degrees of anxiety symptoms, while lowe…
Distress Tolerance
In this article we present the theoretical and empirical bases of distress tolerance research. Although distress tolerance offers a promising lens through which to better understand various psychological symptoms and disorders, further theoretical development and empirical inquiry is needed to promote our understanding of the construct. Overall, a number of questions regarding its theoretical conceptualization and measurement, associations with r…
Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders
We review theory and empirical study of distress tolerance, an emerging risk factor candidate for various forms of psychopathology. Despite the long-standing interest in and promise of work on distress tolerance for understanding adult psychopathology, there has not been a comprehensive review of the extant empirical literature focused on the construct. As a result, a comprehensive synthesis of theoretical and empirical scholarship on distress to…
Exploration of the Relevance of Anxiety Sensitivity among Adults Living with HIV/Aids for Understanding Anxiety Vulnerability
This investigation explored facets of anxiety sensitivity (AS-social, physical and mental concerns) in regard to somatization, anxiety and depression symptoms among people with HIV/AIDS. Significant relations were found for AS-physical concerns and somatization symptoms ( β = .52, p = .007) and AS-mental concerns and anxiety symptoms ( β = .29, p < .05), controlling for negative affectivity, gender and shared variance with other AS subscales. Tog…
The Interplay Between Physical Activity and Anxiety Sensitivity in Fearful Responding to Carbon Dioxide Challenge
Objective: Physical activity may confer protective effects in the development of anxiety and its disorders. These effects may be particularly strong among individuals who have elevated levels of anxiety sensitivity (AS; i.e., the fear of somatic arousal), an established cognitive-based risk factor for anxiety and its disorders. The present study performed a laboratory test of the interplay between physical activity and AS. Methods: The participan…
Step Self-Help Group Participation as a Predictor of Marijuana Abstinence
This study examined the associations between 12-step self-help group participation following substance abuse treatment and abstinence from marijuana use at 1-, 2-, and 5-years post-treatment. These associations were examined among 1288 male patients of the Department of Veterans Affairs who used marijuana within the 3 months prior to admission to treatment and discontinued use at treatment discharge. Consistent with expectation, 12-step self-help…
Childhood Maltreatment and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation
This study examined relations among childhood maltreatment, difficulties in emotion regulation, and sexual and relationship satisfaction among young adult women reporting current involvement in committed, romantic relationships. A sample of 192 women (ages 18-25) completed self-report questionnaires as part of an Internet-based survey. It was hypothesized that severity of childhood maltreatment and difficulties in emotion regulation would each in…
The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in terms of Asthma Control
The aim of the present pilot investigation was to examine the role of specific subfactors of anxiety sensitivity (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) in terms of asthma control among a young adult sample ( N = 56; M age = 20.0; SD = 3.9; Range = 18-45 years). Results indicated that, after controlling for gender, cigarette smoking status, and negative affectivity, the physical concerns factor of anxiety sensitivity, relative to cognitive and…
Asthma and cigarette smoking in a representative sample of adults
The current study examined the association between asthma and both smoking and nicotine dependence in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R) as well as the temporal patterning between smoking and asthma onset ( N = 5692; 53% female; Mage = 45.01, SD = 17.9). Results indicated lifetime history of daily smoking and nicotine dependence were both significantly associated with asthma diagnosis and half of individuals with asthma reported …
Startle response and anxiety sensitivity
There is a well-established and clinically meaningful relation between the cognitive-affective-based construct of anxiety sensitivity (AS) and risk for the development and maintenance of anxiety psychopathology (B. J. Cox, Fuentes, Borger, & Taylor, 2001). Research findings within this area have revealed mixed results; however, there is evidence to suggest that some individuals with anxiety disorder diagnoses may demonstrate enhanced subcortical …
Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the association between premenstrual symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity
Experience of premenstrual symptoms may be an important factor involved in understanding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom vulnerability. Correlations between PTSD and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) have been identified in epidemiological studies, however, the nature of this relation is not clear. The current study examined the incremental validity of premenstrual symptoms, as well as their interaction with anxiety sensitivity,…
Asthma and its relation to smoking behavior and cessation motives among adult daily smokers
Despite the negative effects of smoking on lung functioning and overall health, smoking is more prevalent among individuals with asthma compared to those without asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive ability of asthma diagnosis in terms of smoking behavior and reasons for quitting. Participants were 251 regular daily smokers: 125 smokers with self-reported, physician-diagnosed asthma and 126 smokers without asthma. Asthm…
The mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the relation between avoidant coping and posttraumatic stress among trauma-exposed HIV+ individuals
The current study examined the mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in regard to the relation between avoidant coping and posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms among trauma-exposed persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Participants included 103 PLHA (18.4% female, Mage = 48.33, SD = 9.34). Results indicated significant positive indirect effects for avoidant coping through anxiety sensitivity on overall PTS symptoms (point estimate = .27, PB 95% CI …
Subjective Social Status and Readiness to Quit among Homeless Smokers
Higher SSS is associated with greater readiness to quit among homeless smokers. SSS-Community may be a more relevant index of SSS for women relative to SSS-US. Results suggest SSS may be a factor that contributes to smoking, disease, and health disparities
Smoking-Specific Experiential Avoidance is Indirectly Associated with Trait Worry and Smoking Processes among Treatment-Seeking Smokers
Limited work has examined worry, or apprehensive anticipation about future negative events, in terms of smoking. One potential explanatory factor is the tendency to respond inflexibly and with avoidance in the presence of smoking-related distress (smoking-specific experiential avoidance). Participants (n = 465) were treatment-seeking daily smokers. Cross-sectional (pre-treatment) self-report data were utilized to assess trait worry, smoking-speci…
Psychology (119 obras) · Psychiatry (115 obras) · Medicine (105 obras) · Clinical Psychology (101 obras) · Anxiety (84 obras) · Clinical Psychology (68 obras) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (46 obras) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (39 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (38 obras) · Anxiety sensitivity (33 obras)