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Neighborhood Vigilance, Health Locus of Control, and Smoking Abstinence
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May 2013
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Source: Am J Health Behav. 37(3):334-341.
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Alternative Title:Am J Health Behav
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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.
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Pubmed ID:23985180
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3761415
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Volume:37
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Issue:3
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