Anxiety sensitivity relationship to negative affect smoking and smoking cessation in smokers with past major depressive disorder

Article Abstract:

A study of 60 smokers with anxiety sensitivity currently attending a smoking cessation program showed that high anxiety sensitivity scores correlated with an increased risk of backsliding. The participants had all experienced major depressive symptoms in the past. High anxiety sensitivity scores also correlated with patients who smoked to prevent the return of negative feelings.

Drug abuse

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Nonclinical panic attack history and smoking cessation: an initial examination

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to evaluate the association of nonclinical panic attacks among regular smokers with the duration of the past quit attempts and the intensity of DSM-IV smoking withdrawal symptoms. The results are discussed with regard to the role of negative affect vulnerability factors in smoking cessation with specific reference to panic attacks.

Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Antismoking Programs, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Panic disorders, Panic disorder, Panic attacks

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Affective style among smokers: understanding anxiety sensitivity, emotional reactivity, and distress tolerance using biological challenge

Article Abstract:

A distress tolerance test of heavy smokers who were able to quit smoking for more than seven days against those who started smoking again in less than 7 days revealed surprisingly similar results. Both groups had similar anxiety sensitivity scores. Researchers had expected those who did not make 7 days to have a higher score.

Testing, Affective disorders, Mood disorders, Tobacco habit

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