Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, 236 Audubon Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Addict Behav. 2013 Aug;38(8):2388-91. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.03.007. Epub 2013 Mar 21.
Although social anxiety appears to be a risk factor for smoking and nicotine dependence, little work has identified factors that may play a role in these relationships. The current study examined the role of gender and smoking motives in these relationships among 945 (73.0% female) undergraduates, 91 of whom were current daily smokers. Among women, social anxiety was related to daily smoking status, whereas it was related to dependence severity among men. After controlling for past-week smoking frequency, social anxiety was related to affiliative attachment and behavioral choice-melioration smoking motives. Both motives mediated the relationship between social anxiety and nicotine dependence severity, although affiliative attachment motives uniquely mediated this relationship. Results suggest that socially anxious individuals who view cigarettes as having some of the same characteristics as social interactions may be particularly vulnerable to more severe nicotine dependence. Results also highlight the importance of considering gender in the relationships between social anxiety and smoking behaviors.
虽然社交焦虑似乎是吸烟和尼古丁依赖的一个风险因素，但很少有研究能确定可能在这些关系中起作用的因素。本研究调查了性别和吸烟动机在 945 名（73.0%为女性）大学生中的作用，其中 91 人为当前的每日吸烟者。在女性中，社交焦虑与每日吸烟状况有关，而在男性中，社交焦虑与依赖严重程度有关。在控制过去一周的吸烟频率后，社交焦虑与亲和依恋和行为选择改善吸烟动机有关。这两个动机都在社交焦虑与尼古丁依赖严重程度之间起中介作用，尽管亲和依恋动机独特地调节了这种关系。研究结果表明，将香烟视为具有与社交互动相同特征的社交焦虑个体可能特别容易受到更严重的尼古丁依赖。结果还强调了在社交焦虑与吸烟行为之间的关系中考虑性别的重要性。
