Pre-quit depression level and smoking expectancies for mood management predict the nature of smoking withdrawal symptoms in college women smokers

Copeland, Amy L.; Kulesza, Magdalena; Hecht, Gerald S.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.12.007

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“…Previous literature has primarily focused on the relationship between depression and positive and negative reinforcement expectancies or motives 1 . Depressive symptoms have been found to correlate with positive reinforcement expectancies for smoking (Copeland, Kulesza, & Hecht, 2009; Friedman-Wheeler et al, 2007), and even more specifically, it has been shown that positive reinforcement expectations about smoking mediate the relationship between history of depression and smoking status (McChargue et al, 2004). Negative reinforcement expectancies are also associated with higher levels of negative affect/emotional vulnerability in smokers (Copeland et al, 1995; Johnson et al, 2008).…”

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The relationship between depression level and smoking motives in college smokers.

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McVay²,

Copeland³

et al. 2012

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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While the link between cigarette smoking and depression symptomatology has been well established, more research is needed to determine how smoking motives are related to depression levels in smokers. Specifically, smoking motives related to the friendship-like attachment to smoking (i.e., affiliative attachment) may play an important role in individuals reporting depressive symptomatology. The present study examined the relationship between three smoking motives and depression levels in a sample of 79 mildly nicotine-dependent, college student cigarette smokers. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted with depression as the dependent variable and gender and cigarettes per day as the independent variables (Step 1), positive and negative reinforcement motives (Step 2), and affiliative attachment motives (Step 3). Results of regression analyses indicated that affiliative attachment motives explained significant variance in participant depression level above and beyond that explained by positive and negative reinforcement motives. These findings suggest that smokers with elevated depression should be assessed for social functioning and affiliative attachment smoking motives, and future research should be conducted to determine if individuals with high levels of affiliative attachment may benefit from smoking cessation treatment programs with an enhanced social support component.

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The relationship between depression level and smoking motives in college smokers.

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Copeland³

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“…A cross-sectional study found that higher compared to lower baseline depression symptoms were positively associated with greater withdrawal symptoms at prior quit attempts reported retrospectively (Tsoh et al, 2003). However, other studies did not find significant associations of general baseline depression symptoms and cigarette withdrawal during a cessation attempt (Copeland et al, 2009;Schnoll et al, 2013). One laboratory-based study in people with elevated baseline depression symptoms who smoke, found that smoking research cigarettes with varying levels of nicotine following cigarette abstinence associated with greater cigarette withdrawal (Streck et al, 2020).…”

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Association of depression symptom level with smoking urges, cigarette withdrawal, and smoking reinstatement: A preliminary laboratory study

Tucker

Bello

Weinberger

et al. 2022

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background: Cigarette smoking urges, withdrawal, and smoking reinstatement may be especially relevant to people with elevated depression symptoms who smoke. This laboratory study aimed to assess relations between depression symptom level and smoking urges for reward and relief, cigarette withdrawal, and smoking reinstatement in people who smoke cigarettes daily during acute abstinence and while smoking as usual. Methods: Participants with low (n=51) or elevated (n=29) baseline depression symptoms underwent two counterbalanced laboratory sessions (i.e., abstinent, non-abstinent). At each session, they completed subjective measures of smoking urges for reward and relief, and withdrawal. They also completed a laboratory smoking reinstatement task measuring whether they would delay smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked. Results: The elevated depression symptom group reported significantly higher withdrawal (p=.01) and smoked more cigarettes than the low depression symptoms group during the smoking reinstatement task self-administration period at the abstinent session (p=.04).Smoking urges for reward and relief were not significantly different by depression symptom group. There were no significant interactions of depression and abstinence with any outcomes. Conclusions:As outcomes were measured at both an abstinent and non-abstinent session, findings identify factors for people with elevated depression symptoms who smoke which may drive smoking behavior and impede smoking cessation efforts. This study provides evidence that people with elevated depression symptoms who smoke may need additional/more 3 DEPRESSION, SMOKING, LAB STUDY pharmacological or behavioral smoking cessation aids targeted at reducing withdrawal and number of cigarettes smoked.

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“…Given conflicting data associating the serotonin system with the regulation of emotion as well as the well-documented association between negative affect and smoking (Copeland, Kulesza, & Hecht, 2009; Leventhal, Waters, Kahler, Ray, & Sussman, 2009), it may be that the gene exerts an effect on smoking behavior in complex ways that are not completely understood but which at some level effect neurobiological pathways shared by both nicotine and serotonin. Differences in behavioral phenotypes associated with smoking may be partly related to the effects of the gene on serotonin transport (and availability) which in turn, affect the activation/suppression of very fundamental neurobiological mechanisms related to processing of emotional information.…”

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The serotonin transporter gene and startle response during nicotine deprivation

Minnix

Robinson

Lam

et al. 2011

Biological Psychology

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Affective startle probe methodology was used to examine the effects of nicotine administration and deprivation on emotional processes among individuals carrying at least one s allele versus those with the l/l genotype of the 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin) Transporter Linked Polymorphic Region, 5-HTTLPR in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene [Solute Ligand Carrier family 6 member A4 (SLC6A4) or SERT]. Smokers (n = 84) completed four laboratory sessions crossing deprivation (12-hour deprived vs. non-deprived) with nicotine spray (nicotine vs. placebo). Participants viewed affective pictures (positive, negative, neutral) while acoustic startle probes were administered. We found that smokers with the l/l genotype showed significantly greater suppression of the startle response when provided with nicotine vs. placebo than those with the s/s or s/l genotypes. The results suggest that l/l smokers, who may have higher levels of the serotonin transporter and more rapid synaptic serotonin clearance, experience substantial reduction in activation of the defensive system when exposed to nicotine.

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Pre-quit depression level and smoking expectancies for mood management predict the nature of smoking withdrawal symptoms in college women smokers

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

The relationship between depression level and smoking motives in college smokers.

The relationship between depression level and smoking motives in college smokers.

Association of depression symptom level with smoking urges, cigarette withdrawal, and smoking reinstatement: A preliminary laboratory study

The serotonin transporter gene and startle response during nicotine deprivation

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