TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispositional Mindfulness Predicts Enhanced Smoking Cessation and Smoking Lapse Recovery
AU - Heppner, Whitney L.
AU - Spears, Claire Adams
AU - Correa-Fernández, Virmarie
AU - Castro, Yessenia
AU - Li, Yisheng
AU - Guo, Beibei
AU - Reitzel, Lorraine R.
AU - Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin
AU - Mazas, Carlos A.
AU - Cofta-Woerpel, Ludmila
AU - Cinciripini, Paul M.
AU - Ahluwalia, Jasjit S.
AU - Wetter, David W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Society of Behavioral Medicine.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Background: Although mindfulness has been hypothesized to promote health behaviors, no research has examined how dispositional mindfulness might influence the process of smoking cessation. Purpose: The current study investigated dispositional mindfulness, smoking abstinence, and recovery from a lapse among African American smokers. Methods: Participants were 399 African Americans seeking smoking cessation treatment (treatments did not include any components related to mindfulness). Dispositional mindfulness and other psychosocial measures were obtained pre-quit; smoking abstinence was assessed 3, 31 days, and 26 weeks post-quit. Results: Individuals higher in dispositional mindfulness were more likely to quit smoking both initially and over time. Moreover, among individuals who had lapsed at day 3, those higher in mindfulness were more likely to recover abstinence by the later time points. The mindfulness-early abstinence association was mediated by lower negative affect, lower expectancies to regulate affect via smoking, and higher perceived social support. Conclusions: Results suggest that mindfulness might enhance smoking cessation among African American smokers by operating on mechanisms posited by prominent models of addiction.
AB - Background: Although mindfulness has been hypothesized to promote health behaviors, no research has examined how dispositional mindfulness might influence the process of smoking cessation. Purpose: The current study investigated dispositional mindfulness, smoking abstinence, and recovery from a lapse among African American smokers. Methods: Participants were 399 African Americans seeking smoking cessation treatment (treatments did not include any components related to mindfulness). Dispositional mindfulness and other psychosocial measures were obtained pre-quit; smoking abstinence was assessed 3, 31 days, and 26 weeks post-quit. Results: Individuals higher in dispositional mindfulness were more likely to quit smoking both initially and over time. Moreover, among individuals who had lapsed at day 3, those higher in mindfulness were more likely to recover abstinence by the later time points. The mindfulness-early abstinence association was mediated by lower negative affect, lower expectancies to regulate affect via smoking, and higher perceived social support. Conclusions: Results suggest that mindfulness might enhance smoking cessation among African American smokers by operating on mechanisms posited by prominent models of addiction.
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Smoking cessation
KW - Smoking lapse recovery
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U2 - 10.1007/s12160-015-9759-3
DO - 10.1007/s12160-015-9759-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 26743533
AN - SCOPUS:84953431878
SN - 0883-6612
VL - 50
SP - 337
EP - 347
JO - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 3
ER -