Motivation and reasons to quit: predictive validity among adolescent smokers
Lindsey R Turner1, Robin Mermelstein
1Department of Psychology, Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. lindseyt@uic.edu
Objectives:
To examine reasons to quit among adolescents in a smoking cessation program, and whether reasons were associated with subsequent cessation.
Methods:
Participants were 351 adolescents. At baseline, adolescents reported motivation, reasons to quit, and stage of change for cessation. Quit status was assessed at end of treatment.
Results:
Girls were more likely to endorse image and appearance reasons to quit. Cessation was more likely among adolescents with higher motivation and those wanting to quit because of friends.
Conclusions:
Different reasons to quit were associated with motivation and cessation. Baseline motivation strongly predicted cessation, suggesting the relative value of assessing global motivation.
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