Reconciling conflicting findings regarding postcessation weight concerns and success in smoking cessation

Citation
Rw. Jeffery et al., Reconciling conflicting findings regarding postcessation weight concerns and success in smoking cessation, HEALTH PSYC, 19(3), 2000, pp. 242-246
Citations number
17
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0278-6133 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
242 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-6133(200005)19:3<242:RCFRPW>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Correlates of concern about weight gain following smoking cessation and sel f-efficacy about controlling weight gain were examined in 940 men and 1,166 women who were surveyed on 2 occasions as part of a randomized trial of wo rk-site interventions for smoking cessation. Weight concerns were positivel y associated with female sex, body weight, dieting for weight control, nico tine addiction, and social encouragement to quit. Bivariate analyses replic ated prior findings that elevated weight concerns are associated with a red uced likelihood of quitting smoking, at least in women. Analyses controllin g for demographics, nicotine dependence, and social factors replicated prio r findings that weight concerns are not negatively related to smoking cessa tion and that some measures of concern are positively related to cessation. These analyses suggest that conflicting findings found in this literature are due primarily to how weight concerns are defined and whether covariates like nicotine addiction are used in data analyses.