Motivation and Reasons to Quit: Predictive Validity among Adolescent Smokers

Autor/inn/en	Turner, Lindsey R.; Mermelstein, Robin
Titel	Motivation and Reasons to Quit: Predictive Validity among Adolescent Smokers
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 28 (2004) 6, S.542-550 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Adolescents; Predictive Validity; Smoking; Predictor Variables; Decision Making; Behavior Change; Gender Differences; Peer Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Rauchen; Prädiktor; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Objectives : To examine reasons to quit among adolescents in a smoking cessation program, and whether reasons were associated with subsequent cessation. Methods : Participants were 351 adolescents. At baseline, adolescents reported motivation, reasons to quit, and stage of change for cessation. Quit status was assessed at end of treatment. Results : Girls were more likely to endorse image and appearance reasons to quit. Cessation was more likely among adolescents with higher motivation and those wanting to quit because of friends. Conclusions : Different reasons to quit were associated with motivation and cessation. Baseline motivation strongly predicted cessation, suggesting the relative value of assessing global motivation. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10