Neighborhood Vigilance, Health Locus of Control, and Smoking Abstinence

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Behav
• Personal Author:
  Reitzel, Lorraine R. ; Lahoti, Sejal ; Li, Yisheng ; Cao, Yumei ; Wetter, David W. ; Waters, Andrew J. ; Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To examine whether health locus of control mediated relations of self-reported neighborhood vigilance and biochemically verified, continuous short-term smoking abstinence among 200 smokers enrolled in a cohort study.
  
  Methods
  
  A nonparametric bootstrapping procedure was used to assess mediation.
  
  Results
  
  Health locus of control-chance mediated relations between neighborhood vigilance and smoking abstinence in analyses adjusted for sociodemographics and tobacco dependence (p < .05). Greater vigilance was associated with greater attributions that health was affected by chance, which was associated with a lower likelihood of smoking abstinence.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Results suggest that neighborhood perceptions influence residents’ attributions for health outcomes, which can affect smoking abstinence.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Article Chance Attributions Cohort Studies Female Humans Internal-External Control Locus Of Control Male Middle Aged Neighborhood Threat Neighborhood Vigilance Residence Characteristics Smoking Cessation Social Perception

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• Source:
  Am J Health Behav. 37(3):334-341.
• Pubmed ID:
  23985180
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3761415
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; K01DP000086/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c59d60b98d5b6d3145a12634b229a6a31fbc65dfe8b670f8f255cceb3639cd89
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29722/cdc_29722_DS1.pdf
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