Smoking cessation for improving mental health

GMJ Taylor, N Lindson, A Farley… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background There is a common perception that smoking generally helps people to manage
stress, and may be a form of'self‐medication'in people with mental health conditions …

Anxiety, depression, and cigarette smoking: A transdiagnostic vulnerability framework to understanding emotion–smoking comorbidity.

AM Leventhal, MJ Zvolensky - Psychological bulletin, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Research into the comorbidity between emotional psychopathology and cigarette smoking
has often focused upon anxiety and depression's manifest symptoms and syndromes, with …

Anxiety sensitivity and working memory capacity: Risk factors and targets for health behavior promotion

MW Otto, A Eastman, S Lo, BA Hearon… - Clinical Psychology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the nature and influence of specific risk profiles is increasingly important for
health behavior promotion. The purpose of this article is to document the value of two factors …

COVID-19 and anxiety sensitivity across two studies in Argentina: Associations with COVID-19 worry, symptom severity, anxiety, and functional impairment

AH Rogers, D Bogiaizian, PL Salazar, A Solari… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The novel 2019 SARS2-Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a
devastating physical health, mental health, and economic impact, causing millions of …

Big five personality factors and cigarette smoking: a 10-year study among US adults

MJ Zvolensky, F Taha, A Bono, RD Goodwin - Journal of psychiatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study examined the relation between the big five personality traits and any
lifetime cigarette use, progression to daily smoking, and smoking persistence among adults …

Effects of anxiety sensitivity reduction on smoking abstinence: An analysis from a panic prevention program.

MJ Zvolensky, L Garey, NP Allan, SG Farris… - Journal of consulting …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Scientific evidence implicates anxiety sensitivity (AS) as a risk factor for poor
smoking cessation outcomes. Integrated smoking cessation programs that target AS may …

Perceived discrimination, experiential avoidance, and mental health among Hispanic adults in primary care

MJ Zvolensky, AH Rogers, NA Mayorga… - Transcultural …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the United States and frequently
experiences racial discrimination and mental health difficulties. Prior work suggests that …

Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile‐based health technology for smoking cessation: Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program

L Garey, ET Hébert, NA Mayorga… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disability.
Although most US smokers want to quit, more than 95% of cessation attempts end in relapse …

Difficulties with emotion regulation and psychopathology interact to predict early smoking cessation lapse

SG Farris, MJ Zvolensky, NB Schmidt - Cognitive therapy and research, 2016 - Springer
There is little knowledge about how emotion regulation difficulties interplay with
psychopathology in terms of smoking cessation. Participants (n= 250; 53.2% female, M age …

Anxiety sensitivity and smoking among Spanish-speaking Latinx smokers

MJ Zvolensky, J Bakhshaie, JM Shepherd, N Peraza… - Addictive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the documented health disparities for smoking among the Latinx population, there is
limited understanding of transdiagnostic constructs that may help explain smoking among …