Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 3695 Cullen Blvd., Room 126, Houston, TX, 77204, USA.
Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
J Behav Med. 2024 Oct;47(5):864-873. doi: 10.1007/s10865-024-00504-3. Epub 2024 Jul 9.
Hispanic/Latinx (hereafter Latinx) persons are an established tobacco disparities population in the United States (US). Past work has suggested that individual differences in anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of arousal-based sensations, is one important cognitive construct for smoking maintenance and relapse among Latinx persons who smoke. However, previous research has not examined if anxiety sensitivity is associated with motivational facets of smoking dependence among this tobacco disparities population. In the current study, anxiety sensitivity was explored in terms of smoking motives for primary, secondary, and overall cigarette dependence. Participants included 336 English-speaking Latinx adults in the US who smoked cigarettes daily (M = 35.53, SD = 8.65, 37.3% Female). Results indicated that anxiety sensitivity was statistically significantly and positively related to higher primary and secondary dependence motives and marginally statistically significant to cigarette dependence; findings were evident after adjusting for numerous theoretically relevant variables (e.g., depression). Overall, the current study is the first to document linkages between anxiety sensitivity and numerous motivational bases of tobacco dependence among Latinx persons who smoke from the US.
西班牙裔/拉丁裔（以下简称拉丁裔）是美国（美国）既定的烟草差异人群。过去的研究表明，焦虑敏感性（或对唤醒相关感觉的恐惧）的个体差异是吸烟维持和拉丁裔吸烟者复吸的一个重要认知结构。然而，以前的研究并没有研究焦虑敏感性是否与该烟草差异人群吸烟依赖的动机方面有关。在本研究中，焦虑敏感性是根据主要、次要和总体香烟依赖的吸烟动机来探讨的。参与者包括 336 名讲英语的美国拉丁裔成年人，他们每天吸烟（M=35.53，SD=8.65，37.3%女性）。结果表明，焦虑敏感性与较高的主要和次要依赖动机呈统计学显著正相关，与香烟依赖呈边缘统计学显著相关；在调整了许多理论上相关的变量（如抑郁）后，发现结果明显。总体而言，本研究首次记录了美国吸烟的拉丁裔人群中焦虑敏感性与烟草依赖的许多动机基础之间的联系。
