Individual differences in emotion dysregulation and trajectory of withdrawal symptoms during a quit attempt among treatment-seeking smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and withdrawal symptoms are central to the maintenance of tobacco use. Previous research suggests that individual differences in the propensity to experience negative affect may be related to more severe withdrawal symptoms. However, little research has examined how individual differences in the ability to regulate affect (emotion dysregulation) may impact withdrawal symptoms over time.

Method

Therefore, the current study examined the effects of emotion dysregulation on change in tobacco withdrawal symptoms over 12 weeks following a cigarette quit attempt among 188 (M_age = 38.52, SD = 14.00, 46.8% male) treatment seeking smokers.

Results

Results from the study i

SUBMITTER: Rogers AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6409183 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature