| Smoking, arousal, and affect: the role of anxiety sensitivity. | |
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PMID: 19819669 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Despite evidence that smoking elevates peripheral autonomic nervous system activity, cigarette smokers commonly report smoking to reduce negative affect, or "calm down." Studies suggest that anxiety sensitivity is positively associated with the use of anxiolytic substances, but anxiety sensitivity is also characterized by aversive responding to elevations in physiological arousal. As such, anxiety sensitivity may be an important factor in the study of smoking, affect, and arousal. METHOD: Smokers smoked cigarettes in two experimental sessions: a Stressful Speech Condition and a No Stress Condition. Psychophysiological and self-report served as within-subjects, repeated measures. RESULTS: Findings revealed that smoking reduced anxiety in high anxiety sensitive smokers who smoked during a stressful situation, but not a no stress situation. Low anxiety sensitive smokers endorsed anxiolysis in both conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that high anxiety sensitive smokers may be sensitive to the physiologically arousing effects of smoking in low stress, low arousal, situations. |
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Authors:
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Daniel P Evatt; Jon D Kassel |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of anxiety disorders Volume: 24 ISSN: 1873-7897 ISO Abbreviation: J Anxiety Disord Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-16 Completed Date: 2010-03-02 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8710131 Medline TA: J Anxiety Disord Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 114-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Behavioral Sciences Building (MC 285), Chicago, IL 60607, United States. devatt1@jhmi.edu |
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Adult Affect* Analysis of Variance Anxiety / psychology* Arousal* Electrocardiography Female Galvanic Skin Response / physiology Heart Rate / physiology Humans Male Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Perception / physiology Personality Inventory Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Questionnaires Sex Factors Smoking / psychology* Stress, Psychological / psychology* Time Factors |
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