Changes in Self-Efficacy and Readiness for Smoking Cessation among Women with High School or Less Education

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2580914
AutoresR B Warnecke (0000-0001-9045-2841, autor correspondente), Osvaldo F Morera (0000-0002-9660-177X), Osvaldo Morera, Lindsey Turner (0000-0003-2977-343X), Robin Mermelstein (Institute for Community Health), Timothy P Johnson (0000-0001-9745-9683, Cancer Research And Biostatistics), Jennifer Parsons (0000-0003-2968-6344), K S Crittenden (0000-0003-2407-4111), Kathleen Crittenden, Sally Freel, Sally Freels (0000-0003-3338-6248, Cancer Research And Biostatistics), Brian R Flay (0000-0002-5209-2766), Brian Flay
Ano2001
Volume42
Fascículo1
Páginas97
Data de publicação2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health and Social Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-1465 • E-ISSN: 2150-6000
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3090229
PMID11357721
OpenAlexW2121191601
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas8

The most common theory of smoking cessation postulates that readiness to quit begins with changes in attitudes that move the smoker toward behavioral change and eventual cessation. However, trends in smoking indicate that many who currently smoke are not ready to quit. Hence, strategies that both enhance readiness and focus on quitting are likely to be most effective. We hypothesize that an intervention addressed to motivating behavior change will enhance readiness to change, which will in turn increase the smokers self-efficacy regarding further change. A smoking cessation intervention that combined a self-help booklet and televised segments was developed to address these issues in a population of women smokers with high school or less education. Readiness to quit was measured prior to the intervention, immediately following the intervention, and again at six and 12 months after intervention. The results indicate that the intervention had its effects on readiness to quit, which in turn affected self-efficacy, which further enhanced readiness to quit. These findings indicate that interventions aimed at this group of smokers may need to provide achievable objectives that focus on preparing the smoker to quit as well as promote cessation

Behavior change · Behaviour change · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling) · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Quit smoking · Self-efficacy · Smoking cessation · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology