Abstract
The current study tested implicit and explicit attitudes as prospective predictors of smoking cessation in a Midwestern community sample of smokers. Results showed that the effects of attitudes significantly varied with levels of experienced failure to control smoking and plans to quit. Explicit attitudes significantly predicted later cessation among those with low (but not high or average) levels of experienced failure to control smoking. Conversely, however, implicit attitudes significantly predicted later cessation among those with high levels of experienced failure to control smoking, but only if they had a plan to quit. Because smoking cessation involves both controlled and automatic processes, interventions may need to consider attitude change interventions that focus on both implicit and explicit attitudes.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 670-679 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2010 |
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Keywords
- Implicit and explicit attitudes
- Smoking cessation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Clinical Psychology
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
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Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Predict Smoking Cessation : Moderating Effects of Experienced Failure to Control Smoking and Plans to Quit. / Chassin, Laurie; Presson, Clark; Sherman, Steven J.; Seo, Dong Chul; Macy, Jonathan T.
In: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 24, No. 4, 12.2010, p. 670-679.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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