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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Advance Access originally published online on August 24, 2009
Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2009 11(11):1296-1303; doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp134
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Evaluating the mediating role of coping-based smoking motives among treatment-seeking adult smokers

Kirsten A. Johnson, Sherry H. Stewart, Michael J. Zvolensky and Dan Steeves

Kirsten A. Johnson, B.A., Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Sherry H. Stewart, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Dan Steeves, B.Ed., Capital District Health Authority, Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Corresponding Author: Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0134, USA. Telephone: 802-656-8994; Fax: 802-656-8783; E-mail: Michael.Zvolensky{at}uvm.edu


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Introduction: Empirical work has demonstrated a linkage between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms. However, there is little understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association.

Method: The present investigation examined the role of coping-based smoking motives in terms of mediating the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate among a sample of treatment-seeking adult smokers (N = 123; 84 women; Mage = 45.93, SD = 10.34).

Results: Results indicated that coping motives mediated the relations between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms and anxious arousal symptoms and smoking rate.

Discussion: These results suggest that coping motives play a key role in terms of better understanding the association between smoking rate and anxious arousal symptoms.

Received: March 23, 2009; Accepted: June 19, 2009
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