Differential Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on E-Cigarettes Processes: The Importance of E-Cigarette Quit Attempt History.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9208821 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1521-0391 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10550496 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Addict Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, c1992-

Anxiety*/diagnosis ; Anxiety*/psychology ; Smokers*/psychology ; Smokers*/statistics & numerical data ; Smoking Cessation*/psychology ; Smoking Cessation*/statistics & numerical data ; Vaping*/epidemiology ; Vaping*/prevention & control ; Vaping*/psychology; Adult ; Causality ; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Motivation ; Prevalence ; United States/epidemiology

Background and Objectives: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are recognized as a prevalent form of substance use among adults in the United States. The rise in e-cigarette use has motivated research to identify subgroups of the population that may be particularly vulnerable to e-cigarette use and its associated harm. Individuals with elevated psychological vulnerability are one such group more at risk for being a lifetime or current e-cigarette user. Yet, little is known about how factors of psychological vulnerability relate to perceptions of e-cigarette use within the context of e-cigarette quit attempts. The current study evaluated the differential relations of anxiety sensitivity (AS), a core affective vulnerability factor, on several relevant e-cigarette processes across those with and without a previous attempt to quit using e-cigarettes.
Methods: Our sample consisted of 547 current e-cigarette users (51% female, M age  = 35.38 years, SD = 10.1).
Results: Results indicated that AS significantly related to greater perceived risks, benefits, and positive outcome expectancies of e-cigarette use among current e-cigarette users who reported at least one attempt to quit e-cigarettes but was unrelated among those who had never attempted to quit.
Discussion and Conclusions: Findings identify e-cigarette users who fail to quit as a potential vulnerable subgroup of users who experience more strongly held perceptions about e-cigarettes because of increased AS.
Scientific Significance: This work provides initial evidence for a conceptual model in which levels of AS and e-cigarette processes are strengthened by and differ across e-cigarette quit attempt history. (Am J Addict 2019;28:390-397).
(© 2019 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.)

Date Created: 20190806 Date Completed: 20200504 Latest Revision: 20200505

20240105

10.1111/ajad.12940

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