Relationship between negative affect and smoking topography in heavy drinking smokers

Negative affect is associated with alcohol, but not cigarette use in heavy drinking smokers.

Co-use of alcohol and cigarettes is highly prevalent, and heavy drinking smokers represent a large and difficult-to-treat subgroup of smokers. Negative affect, including anxiety and depressive symptomatology, has been associated with both cigarette and alcohol use independently, but less is known about the role of negative affect in heavy drinking smokers. Furthermore, while some studies have s...

The relationship between smoking motives and smoking urges experienced in response to a negative affect induction.

INTRODUCTION The present study attempted to further elucidate the relationship between self-reported smoking motives and affect in college students. METHOD Smoking motives were measured via self-report, and following a laboratory negative affect (NA) mood induction, urge to smoke was assessed via three questions. Participants were college students (N=84) who reported smoking an average of 8.7...

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examining the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and communication strategies by iranian efl learners

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between fear of negative evaluation (fne) and communication strategies (css) among iranian efl learners. it was aimed to examine the differences in the use of communication strategies between speakers with high or low degree of fear of negative evaluation. the current study was a case study consisting of 10 english learners at...

Heavy smokers', light smokers', and nonsmokers' beliefs about cigarette smoking.

Cognitive variables relating to both the healthand non-health-related consequences of smoking among 178 heavy, light, and nonsmoking college women were examined. Using Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action, salient behavioral beliefs about the positive and negative outcomes of smoking, evaluations of these outcomes, salient normative beliefs about the prescriptions of important ...