The Relation between Social Cohesion and Smoking Cessation among Black Smokers, and the Potential Role of Psychosocial Mediators

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Behav Med
• Personal Author:
  Reitzel, Lorraine R. ; Kendzor, Darla E. ; Castro, Yessenia ; Cao, Yumei ; Businelle, Micheal S. ; Mazas, Carlos A. ; Cofta-Woerpel, Ludmila ; Li, Yisheng ; Cinciripini, Paul M. ; Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. ; Wetter, David W.
• Description:
  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=.05, p=.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<.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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Affect Black Or African American Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Smoking Cessation Social Perception Social Support Stress, Psychological Tobacco Use Disorder Trust

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• Source:
  Ann Behav Med. 45(2):249-257.
• Pubmed ID:
  23135831
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3587036
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; K01 CA157689/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; K01DP001120/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; P60 MD003422/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; P60MD003422/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 CA094826/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R01CA094826/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R25 CA057730/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R25CA57730/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:097478d6e26ecba53516316afda56caf4b5a27af24cfa00ebdfb71bd97ca8774
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29627/cdc_29627_DS1.pdf
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