Journal article
Interacting effects of receiving social control and social support during smoking cessation.
- Ochsner S Department of Psychology, Applied Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Binzmuehlestrasse 14, Box 14, 8050, Zürich, Switzerland.
- Knoll N
- Stadler G
- Luszczynska A
- Hornung R
- Scholz U
- 2014-09-13
Published in:
- Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. - 2015
Adult
Aged
Counseling
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Social Control, Informal
Social Support
Tobacco Use Disorder
Young Adult
English
BACKGROUND
Social control and support have effects on smoking cessation, but are mostly examined separately.
PURPOSE
Interacting effects of social control and support are investigated, hypothesizing synergistic effects.
METHODS
In 99 smokers, received social control and emotional support (both smoking specific) were assessed 2 weeks before a quit date (T1); objectively verified abstinence and self-reported numbers of cigarettes smoked daily were assessed 6 weeks after baseline (T2).
RESULTS
For both outcomes, associations with control (T1) were moderated by support (T1), but beneficial synergistic effects (high control/high support) emerged for few participants only. Effects were mainly driven by constellations of low control/high support associated with more cigarettes smoked daily (T2) and low control/low support linked to higher likelihood of abstinence (T2).
CONCLUSIONS
Different constellations of levels of control and support may be beneficial for quitting smoking. Whereas synergies of high domain-specific control and support may be beneficial, they only rarely occur.
Social control and support have effects on smoking cessation, but are mostly examined separately.
PURPOSE
Interacting effects of social control and support are investigated, hypothesizing synergistic effects.
METHODS
In 99 smokers, received social control and emotional support (both smoking specific) were assessed 2 weeks before a quit date (T1); objectively verified abstinence and self-reported numbers of cigarettes smoked daily were assessed 6 weeks after baseline (T2).
RESULTS
For both outcomes, associations with control (T1) were moderated by support (T1), but beneficial synergistic effects (high control/high support) emerged for few participants only. Effects were mainly driven by constellations of low control/high support associated with more cigarettes smoked daily (T2) and low control/low support linked to higher likelihood of abstinence (T2).
CONCLUSIONS
Different constellations of levels of control and support may be beneficial for quitting smoking. Whereas synergies of high domain-specific control and support may be beneficial, they only rarely occur.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1007/s12160-014-9635-6
- PMID 25212507
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/287398
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