Psychosocial and personality differences in chippers and regular smokers

Kassel, Jon D.; Shiffman, Saul; Gnys, Mary Ann; Paty, Jean A.; Zettler-Segal, Monica

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(94)90012-4

Cited by 80 publications

(59 citation statements)

References 37 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Compared with nonsmokers, smokers show several characteristics likely to interfere with obtaining mammography: higher depression, anxiety, and negative affect (48-52); higher perceived stress and more objective stressors (48,51,53,54); stronger external locus of control and lower self-efficacy (48,53,55); lower value placed on health (55); less effective skills at mood management and fewer coping resources (56,57); lower cancer worry and lower perceived risk, including for cervical and breast cancer (58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63)(64); lower knowledge about harms of smoking (65); the presence of other household smokers and less social support for quitting (57,66); a weaker future time perspective and stronger present orientation (67,68); body dissatisfaction and unfavorable body image (69,70); more perceived racial discrimination (71); and a tendency to have less social integration or cooperation with others, discussed as characteristics of being nonconformist, impulsive, antisocial, sensation-seeking, or having less desire for social interaction (72)(73)(74)(75)(76). Smoking status may, therefore, be an important factor to consider when defining women at higher-risk of not having mammograms, as a targeted group for intervention.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Repeat and Recent Mammography for Women Ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003)

Rakowski

Meissner

Vernon

et al. 2006

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Repeat and Recent Mammography for Women Ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003)

Rakowski

Meissner

Vernon

et al. 2006

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…More impulsive people are particularly likely to be regular cigarette smokers (e.g., Kassel, Shiffman, Gnys, Paty, & Zettler-Segal, 1994) and have greater difficulty quitting (Doran, Spring, McChargue, Pergadia, & Richmond, 2004). Though little is known about mechanisms linking impulsivity and smoking, evidence suggests craving as a plausible candidate.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of impulsivity on cardiovascular and subjective reactivity to smoking cues

Doran

McChargue

Spring

2008

Addictive Behaviors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Individuals with high levels of impulsivity are more likely to smoke and may have greater difficulty quitting than other smokers. Although the specific mechanisms mediating this relationship are not explicitly known, one candidate is disproportionate cigarette craving in response to environmental smoking cues. We assessed the effect of impulsivity on three measures of cue reactivity. Regular smokers (n = 75) were exposed to a smoking cue and a neutral cue in 2 counterbalanced experimental sessions. Cigarette craving, heart rate (HR), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were used to index cue reactivity. More impulsive smokers exhibited a disproportionate response to the smoking cue in terms of MAP ( p= .009) but not HR or craving. Impulsive smokers may experience disproportionate cigarette craving in response to environmental smoking cues that are not reflected in self-report measures due to a relative lack of conscious awareness of the urge to smoke.

show abstract

“…Some research suggests that highly trait-impulsive individuals are more likely to smoke cigarettes than are their less impulsive peers (Bickel et al, 1999;Kassel, Shiffman, Gnys, Paty, & Zettler-Segal, 1994;Mitchell, 1999). More impulsive people may experience the rewarding aspects of drug use more intensely than others do, as evidenced by the finding of a positive association between impulsivity and euphoric mood following cocaine administration (Cascella et al, 1994).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impulsivity and smoking relapse

Doran

Spring

McChargue

et al. 2004

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

139

125

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Previous research has shown that elevated trait-impulsivity heightens the risk for initiating tobacco use and indicates that nicotine may be disproportionately rewarding for more impulsive persons. However, the influence of impulsivity on the ability to maintain nicotine abstinence has not been studied. The present study tested the hypothesis that a higher level of trait-impulsivity would predict a more rapid relapse to smoking following 48 hr of nicotine abstinence. Participants were euthymic, regular smokers (N~45), with a history of at least one major depressive episode, who participated in a paid smoking cessation study with biological challenge (tryptophan depletion). Treatment involved a 1-day skills training workshop followed by 48 hr of bioverified abstinence and weekly follow-up for 1 month. Regression analyses indicated that elevated impulsivity predicted shorter time to relapse following the workshop after controlling for treatment condition, baseline nicotine dependence, and age (b~2.39, R 2 change~.147, p~.011). Greater impulsivity predicted more rapid relapse to smoking, which mediational analyses indicated could not be explained by positive affect, negative affect, or craving. Findings suggest a need to identify alternative mechanisms to explain impulsive smokers' increased difficulty in maintaining abstinence and to develop targeted treatments that address the special needs of smokers high in impulsivity.

show abstract

Psychosocial and personality differences in chippers and regular smokers

Cited by 80 publications

References 37 publications

Correlates of Repeat and Recent Mammography for Women Ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003)

Correlates of Repeat and Recent Mammography for Women Ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003)

Effect of impulsivity on cardiovascular and subjective reactivity to smoking cues

Impulsivity and smoking relapse

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About