Kenney Brent A, Holahan Charles J
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2008 Jan-Feb;56(4):409-14. doi: 10.3200/JACH.56.44.409-414.
The authors examined (1) the relationship between depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking in a college sample and (2) the role of smoking self-efficacy (one's perceived ability to abstain from smoking) in explaining the relationship between depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking.
Predominantly first-year college students at a large public university completed a self-report inventory indexing depressive symptoms, cigarette smoking, and smoking self-efficacy.
Findings indicated that students high in depressive symptoms smoked significantly more cigarettes per day than did those with low depressive symptoms. Further, among current smokers, smoking self-efficacy explained the relationship between depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking.
These findings add to accumulating evidence that depressive symptoms are a risk factor for increased cigarette smoking in college students. The authors discuss implications for university-based smoking cessation and prevention programs.
作者研究了（1）大学样本中抑郁症状与吸烟之间的关系，以及（2）吸烟自我效能感（个体对戒烟能力的感知）在解释抑郁症状与吸烟关系中所起的作用。
一所大型公立大学的主要为一年级的学生完成了一份自我报告清单，该清单用于索引抑郁症状、吸烟情况和吸烟自我效能感。
研究结果表明，抑郁症状严重的学生每天吸烟量显著多于抑郁症状较轻的学生。此外，在当前吸烟者中，吸烟自我效能感解释了抑郁症状与吸烟之间的关系。
这些发现进一步证明了抑郁症状是大学生吸烟增加的一个风险因素。作者讨论了对基于大学的戒烟和预防项目的启示。
