Cognitive Avoidance as a Method of Coping with a Provocative Smoking Cue: The Moderating Effect of Nicotine Dependence

William G. Shadel; Raymond Niaura; Michael G. Goldstein; David B. Abrams

doi:10.1023/A:1010762631464

Cognitive Avoidance as a Method of Coping with a Provocative Smoking Cue: The Moderating Effect of Nicotine Dependence

William G. Shadel, Raymond Niaura, Michael G. Goldstein, David B. Abrams

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Abstract

Both nicotine dependence and coping are important determinants of smoking cessation, yet little is understood about mechanisms that link the two. This laboratory study investigated how nicotine dependence moderates execution of an avoidance coping strategy. High and low dependent smokers were exposed to a provocative smoking cue (in vivo) under two instructional sets: cognitive avoidance coping and no coping. Contrary to hypotheses, high dependent smokers reported greater increases in perceived self-efficacy to not smoke and also demonstrated greater facility in processing coping/nonsmoking-related information on a reaction time task, compared with low dependent smokers. These counterintuitive findings are discussed in terms of how nicotine dependence may affect the cognitive process of coping.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	169-182
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010762631464
State	Published - Apr 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coping
Cue reactivity
Individual differences
Nicotine dependence
Smoking

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General Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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