Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, United States; Department of Psychology, University of Kansas- Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment.
Division of Public Health, Michigan State University, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2019 Feb;88:152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.015. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Cigarette smoking represents the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the US and understanding its risk factors remains a critical public health endeavor. Low-income individuals and individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment are at heightened risk for cigarette smoking, yet the underlying factors between this association are understudied. Conscientiousness is one construct with potential explanatory relevance to both smoking and childhood neglect. The current investigation examined the association between childhood physical and emotional neglect with smoking (i.e., self-reported cigarette smoking and breath carbon monoxide levels) via conscientiousness. The sample was comprised of 115 adults (M = 50.46, SD = 5.86; 76.4% Black) recruited from a community center serving low-income and homeless individuals. Mediation analyses showed the indirect effect of childhood emotional neglect on cigarette smoking through conscientiousness; for physical neglect, this relationship was only present among males. The current study provides preliminary evidence that conscientiousness may be a particularly important vulnerability factor when examining the association between childhood neglect and smoking.
吸烟是美国可预防的发病率和死亡率的主要原因，了解其风险因素仍然是一项重要的公共卫生工作。低收入人群和有儿童期虐待史的人群吸烟的风险更高，但这种关联背后的潜在因素仍研究不足。尽责性是一个与吸烟和儿童忽视都有潜在解释相关性的结构。本研究通过尽责性来检验儿童期身体和情感忽视与吸烟（即自我报告的吸烟和呼吸一氧化碳水平）之间的关联。该样本由 115 名成年人（M=50.46，SD=5.86；76.4%为黑人）组成，他们是从一家为低收入和无家可归者服务的社区中心招募的。中介分析显示，儿童期情感忽视通过尽责性对吸烟的间接影响；对于身体忽视，这种关系仅存在于男性中。本研究初步证明，尽责性可能是在考察儿童期忽视与吸烟之间的关联时一个特别重要的脆弱性因素。
