Department of Psychology, University of Houston, United States; Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States; HEALTH Institute, University of Houston, United States.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, United States.
Addict Behav. 2023 May;140:107627. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107627. Epub 2023 Jan 21.
Hispanic/Latinx (hereafter Latinx) individuals in the United States (US) face unique smoking-related health disparities, including limited access to care and health insurance for smoking treatment. Social determinants of health (SDoH) have received increased recognition in their role of smoking behavior and cessation. However, research on SDoH in Latinx smoking populations has been limited. Past research on non-Latinx white individuals has found smoking abstinence expectancies to be an integral cognitive process related to multiple aspects of smoking behavior, and its role has also been understudied in Latinx individuals. Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination is one SDoH, but its role in relation to abstinence expectancies among Latinx smokers has not been explored. Therefore, the present investigation sought to evaluate perceived racial/ethnic discrimination in terms of smoking abstinence expectancies among Latinx smokers living in the US.
Participants included 338 English-speaking Latinx adult daily cigarette smokers (M = 35.5 years; SD = 8.65; age range 18-61; 37.3 % female) recruited nationally throughout the US using Qualtrics Panels.
Results supported statistically significant main effects for perceived racial/ethnic discrimination in relation to increased smoking abstinence expectancies of negative mood, somatic symptoms, harmful consequences, and positive consequences (p's < 0.001).
Overall, the results of the present investigation build from a limited body of work on perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and smoking and provide novel evidence of consistent and moderate incremental associations between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and negative and positive smoking abstinence expectancies among Latinx smokers.
美国（US）的拉丁裔（Latinex）个体面临着独特的与吸烟相关的健康差距，包括获得护理和吸烟治疗保险的机会有限。社会决定因素（SDoH）在吸烟行为和戒烟方面的作用得到了越来越多的认可。然而，关于拉丁裔吸烟人群的 SDoH 研究还很有限。过去对非拉丁裔白人群体的研究发现，戒烟预期是与吸烟行为的多个方面相关的一个完整认知过程，其在拉丁裔个体中的作用也研究不足。感知到的种族/民族歧视是一个 SDoH，但它在拉丁裔吸烟者的戒烟预期中的作用尚未得到探索。因此，本研究旨在评估在美国生活的拉丁裔吸烟者感知到的种族/民族歧视与戒烟预期之间的关系。
参与者包括 338 名讲英语的拉丁裔成年每日吸烟者（M = 35.5 岁；SD = 8.65；年龄范围 18-61；37.3%为女性），他们是通过 Qualtrics Panels 在全美范围内招募的。
结果支持感知到的种族/民族歧视与增加的负面情绪、躯体症状、有害后果和积极后果的戒烟预期之间存在统计学上显著的主要效应（p's < 0.001）。
总体而言，本研究的结果建立在有限的感知种族/民族歧视和吸烟研究的基础上，为感知种族/民族歧视与拉丁裔吸烟者的负面和积极戒烟预期之间存在一致和适度的增量关联提供了新的证据。
