Abstract
Objectives: This is a correlational study examining the relationships between reported withdrawal symptoms, catastrophic thinking about symptoms, general catastrophic thinking, self-efficacy concerning temptation, and self-efficacy concerning relapse. Methods: 83 university student smokers completed self-report questionnaires. Results: It was hypothesized that a greater expectation of withdrawal symptoms would be related to lower self-efficacy; it was found that the withdrawal symptom score was correlated with temptation self-efficacy, but not relapse self-efficacy. It was hypothesized that catastrophizing about withdrawal symptoms would be related to lower self-efficacy; when withdrawal symptoms were controlled for, only relapse self-efficacy was predicted by symptom catastrophizing. It was hypothesized that a general tendency to catastrophize life events would predict low self-efficacy; this was found not to be the case. Conclusions: The differing pattern of results for temptation and relapse self-efficacy emphasize the need to distinguish between the two when researching this area.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-104 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Addictive Disorders and their Treatment |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |