Schwaninger, Philipp; Lüscher, Janina; Berli, Corina; Scholz, Urte (2022). Daily support seeking as coping strategy in dual-smoker couples attempting to quit. Psychology & health, 37(7), pp. 811-827. Routledge 10.1080/08870446.2021.1913157
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Objective: Smoking cessation is a stressful event and lapses are frequent. The dynamic model of relapse has been criticized for not integrating interpersonal factors as phasic influences. Seeking social support, as a coping strategy to deal with cravings, may help to refrain from smoking.
Design: Overall, 83 heterosexual dual-smoker couples reported on their craving, the extent of seeking social support from one's partner regarding smoking cessation, and their number of cigarettes smoked in smartphone-based end-of-day diaries, from a joint self-set quit date on across 22 consecutive days.
Main outcome measure: Number of cigarettes smoked.
Results: Multilevel analyses indicated that on days with higher-than-average levels of craving, male and female smokers reported more cigarettes smoked. Higher-than-usual support seeking was related to fewer cigarettes smoked that same day. For women only, we found a within-person interaction between craving and support seeking on smoking. On days with higher-than-average support-seeking, the effect of craving on smoking was attenuated.
Conclusion: Findings confirm the relevance of interpersonal processes in the relapse process, such as support seeking as coping behavior. Further, as a 'first act' in initiating supportive interactions, support seeking is an important piece in the social support process and a promising target for interventions.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychological and Behavioral Health |
UniBE Contributor: |
Berli, Corina |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0887-0446 |
Publisher: |
Routledge |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Alec Frédéric Lüdi |
Date Deposited: |
23 Jan 2023 14:59 |
Last Modified: |
23 Jan 2023 23:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/08870446.2021.1913157 |
PubMed ID: |
34019454 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/177681 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177681 |
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