Looming Vulnerability and Smoking Cessation Attempts.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The looming vulnerability model holds that people become anxious when they perceive threats as growing larger and accelerating toward them in space and time. Preliminary research suggested that a guided imagery induction designed to activate a sense that health consequences of smoking are a looming threat led more smokers to attempt to quit. This study tested the effect on quit attempts in a larger sample and examined age, sex, and sensation seeking as moderators.

Aims and methods

Adult smokers (≥10 cigarettes/day) screened for risk of anxiety or mood disorders (N = 278, 52% male; 77% African American) were randomly assigned to receive (1) looming vulnerability or (2) neutral guided imagery exercises. At a 4-week follow-up, they reported quit attempts, smoking r

SUBMITTER: Haaga DAF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443586 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature