Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 13;20(4):3277. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043277.
There is a well-established relation between anxiety psychopathology and smoking in the general population. However, little work focuses on Latinx/Hispanic (hereafter Latinx) persons who smoke from this comorbidity perspective. The present investigation aimed to explore differences among English-speaking Latinx adults who live in the United States (US) and smoke cigarettes with and without a probable anxiety disorder in terms of cigarette dependence, perceived barriers for quitting, severity of problems when quitting, and smoking abstinence expectancies. The sample included 338 adult Latinx daily cigarette smokers ( = 35.53 years; = 8.65; age range 18-61; 37.3% female) who identified as Latinx and were recruited nationally throughout the US. Results indicated that among Latinx persons who smoke, those with a probable anxiety disorder (compared to those without) were more likely to demonstrate higher levels of cigarette dependence, severity of problems when trying to quit, perceived barriers for quitting, and negative abstinence expectancies after adjusting for key variables linked to smoking and anxiety (e.g., hazardous drinking, education). The current findings are the first to document probable anxiety disorder status as a clinically relevant factor for a wide range of smoking variables and beliefs about abstinence among Latinx persons who smoke.
在普通人群中，焦虑症病理学与吸烟之间存在着密切的关系。然而，很少有研究关注拉丁裔/西班牙裔（以下简称拉丁裔）人群，从这种共病的角度来看，他们吸烟的情况。本研究旨在从共病的角度，探索居住在美国的讲英语的拉丁裔成年吸烟者（n=338，年龄=35.53 岁，SD=8.65；年龄范围 18-61 岁；女性占 37.3%）中，患有或不患有可能的焦虑障碍者在吸烟依赖、戒烟障碍感知、戒烟时的问题严重程度和戒烟预期方面的差异。结果表明，在吸烟的拉丁裔人群中，与没有焦虑障碍的人相比，患有可能的焦虑障碍者（与没有焦虑障碍者相比）更有可能表现出更高的吸烟依赖程度、戒烟时的问题严重程度、戒烟障碍感知和消极的戒烟预期，这些差异在调整了与吸烟和焦虑相关的关键变量（如：危险饮酒、教育）后仍然存在。目前的研究结果首次证明，可能的焦虑障碍状况是拉丁裔吸烟者的一系列吸烟变量和对戒烟的信念的一个重要的临床相关因素。
