| The Relation between Social Cohesion and Smoking Cessation among Black Smokers, and the Potential Role of Psychosocial Mediators. | |
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PMID: 23135831 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Social cohesion, the self-reported trust and connectedness between neighbors, may affect health behaviors via psychosocial mechanisms. PURPOSE: Relations between individual perceptions of social cohesion and smoking cessation were examined among 397 Black treatment-seeking smokers. METHODS: Continuation ratio logit models examined the relation of social cohesion and biochemically verified continuous smoking abstinence through 6 months post-quit. Indirect effects were examined in single mediator models using a nonparametric bootstrapping procedure. All analyses controlled for sociodemographics, tobacco dependence, and treatment. RESULTS: The total effect of social cohesion on continuous abstinence was non-significant (β = 0.05, p = 0.10). However, social cohesion was associated with social support, positive affect, negative affect, and stress, which, in turn, were each associated with abstinence in adjusted models (ps < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that social cohesion may facilitate smoking cessation among Black smokers through desirable effects on psychosocial mechanisms that can result from living in a community with strong interpersonal connections. |
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Lorraine R Reitzel; Darla E Kendzor; Yessenia Castro; Yumei Cao; Micheal S Businelle; Carlos A Mazas; Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel; Yisheng Li; Paul M Cinciripini; Jasjit S Ahluwalia; David W Wetter |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-8 |
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Title: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1532-4796 ISO Abbreviation: Ann Behav Med Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8510246 Medline TA: Ann Behav Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1440, P.O. Box 301402, Houston, TX, 77230, USA, Lrreitze@mdanderson.org. |
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