Main and Interactive Effects of e-Cigarette Use Health Literacy and Anxiety Sensitivity in Terms of e-Cigarette Perceptions and Dependence

Zvolensky, Michael J.; Mayorga, Nubia A.; Garey, Lorra

doi:10.1007/s10608-018-9953-2

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“…Mixed results were observed regarding the main effect of AS and e‐cigarette quit history. Consistent with prior work, AS demonstrated a significant association with greater perceived risks, benefits, and positive outcome expectancies of e‐cigarette use. This pattern was observed in bivariate and multivariate models.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Regarding e‐cigarette cessation, higher AS is related to more difficulty quitting, as evinced by more (failed) e‐cigarette quit attempts and greater perceived barriers to e‐cigarette cessation . Beyond this work, however, little is known about the role AS may play in the e‐cigarette cessation process.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…A large body of work documents the role of AS in smoking maintenance and relapse processes. Specific to e‐cigarette use beliefs, higher AS is associated with greater perceived benefits of use, greater positive outcome expectancies from e‐cigarette use, and, somewhat paradoxically, greater perceived risks of e‐cigarette use . The positive association between AS and positive and negative e‐cigarette beliefs may be a product of hypersensitivity to physiological and psychological effects of e‐cigarette use, some of which are likely to be positive (eg, e‐cigarettes reduce harms associated with combustible cigarettes) and others negative (eg, e‐cigarettes contain toxins).…”

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Differential Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on E‐Cigarettes Processes: The Importance of E‐Cigarette Quit Attempt History

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Background and Objectives Electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) are recognized as a prevalent form of substance use among adults in the United States. The rise in e‐cigarette use has motivated research to identify subgroups of the population that may be particularly vulnerable to e‐cigarette use and its associated harm. Individuals with elevated psychological vulnerability are one such group more at risk for being a lifetime or current e‐cigarette user. Yet, little is known about how factors of psychological vulnerability relate to perceptions of e‐cigarette use within the context of e‐cigarette quit attempts. The current study evaluated the differential relations of anxiety sensitivity (AS), a core affective vulnerability factor, on several relevant e‐cigarette processes across those with and without a previous attempt to quit using e‐cigarettes. Methods Our sample consisted of 547 current e‐cigarette users (51% female, Mage = 35.38 years, SD = 10.1). Results Results indicated that AS significantly related to greater perceived risks, benefits, and positive outcome expectancies of e‐cigarette use among current e‐cigarette users who reported at least one attempt to quit e‐cigarettes but was unrelated among those who had never attempted to quit. Discussion and Conclusions Findings identify e‐cigarette users who fail to quit as a potential vulnerable subgroup of users who experience more strongly held perceptions about e‐cigarettes because of increased AS. Scientific Significance This work provides initial evidence for a conceptual model in which levels of AS and e‐cigarette processes are strengthened by and differ across e‐cigarette quit attempt history. (Am J Addict 2019;28:390–397)

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“…33 To date, only one study has examined e-cigarette specific health literacy (health literacy that is specific to use of e-cigarettes), and it found that greater e-cigarette health literacy was associated with higher perceived benefits and risks of e-cigarette use as well as greater e-cigarette dependence. 34 Like other research on health literacy, 35,36 these data are the first to highlight the potentially important role of e-cigarette health literacy. Yet, there is a need to broaden our understanding of e-cigarette health literacy because this construct may influence decision-making about patterns of use, attempts to change e-cigarette use, and the ability to act on and understand the advice of health professionals in terms of e-cigarette use.…”

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“… Note : n = 319; ***P < .001, ** P < .01, * P < .05; Sex: 0 = Male, 1 = Female; Annual Income: 1 = $0-$4999 to 8 = $75 000 or higher; Educational Level: 1 = Grade 6 or less to 8 = Graduate or professional degree; Dual Use: 0 = No (exclusive e-cigarette use); 1 = Yes (concurrent combustible cigarette use); PSECDI, Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index; 42 Perceived health status = Short form Health Survey-12; 45 Pain severity = Hunter Integrated Pain Service – Brief Pain Inventory; 40 EHL, E-cigarette Health Literacy. 34 …”

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Pain severity and e-cigarette health literacy: the moderating role of sex

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Although electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased among adults in the United States, there is still little knowledge of factors that may influence e-cigarette use or beliefs about use. Prior research suggests that health literacy plays an important role in e-cigarette beliefs, including perceived benefits and risks of e-cigarette use, as well as e-cigarette dependence. Yet, limited work has examined risk factors of poor e-cigarette health literacy. From a biopsychological perspective, sex and pain severity represent two constructs that may impact e-cigarette health literacy. To date, however, no research has investigated differences in e-cigarette health literacy across pain, sex, or their interrelation. Thus, the present study was conducted to evaluate the interactive effect of pain severity and sex on e-cigarette health literacy. Participants included 319 current, adult e-cigarette users (60.5% female, Mage = 36.82 years, SD = 10.62). Findings supported a significant pain by sex interaction, such that pain related to e-cigarette health literacy among women ( b = .10, SE = .03, P < .001), but not men ( b = .01, SE = .03, P = .60). The present findings suggest that pain may uniquely impact the degree to which women, but not men, seek and understand information on e-cigarettes.

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Subjective sleep quality and electronic cigarette dependence, perceived risks of use, and perceptions about quitting electronic cigarettes

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Main and Interactive Effects of e-Cigarette Use Health Literacy and Anxiety Sensitivity in Terms of e-Cigarette Perceptions and Dependence

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Differential Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on E‐Cigarettes Processes: The Importance of E‐Cigarette Quit Attempt History

Differential Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on E‐Cigarettes Processes: The Importance of E‐Cigarette Quit Attempt History

Pain severity and e-cigarette health literacy: the moderating role of sex

Subjective sleep quality and electronic cigarette dependence, perceived risks of use, and perceptions about quitting electronic cigarettes

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