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01.02.2015 | Brief Report
Interacting Effects of Receiving Social Control and Social Support During Smoking Cessation
Erschienen in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2015
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Background
Social control and support have effects on smoking cessation, but are mostly examined separately.
Purpose
Interacting effects of social control and support are investigated, hypothesizing synergistic effects.
Methods
In 99 smokers, received social control and emotional support (both smoking specific) were assessed 2 weeks before a quit date (T1); objectively verified abstinence and self-reported numbers of cigarettes smoked daily were assessed 6 weeks after baseline (T2).
Results
For both outcomes, associations with control (T1) were moderated by support (T1), but beneficial synergistic effects (high control/high support) emerged for few participants only. Effects were mainly driven by constellations of low control/high support associated with more cigarettes smoked daily (T2) and low control/low support linked to higher likelihood of abstinence (T2).
Conclusions
Different constellations of levels of control and support may be beneficial for quitting smoking. Whereas synergies of high domain-specific control and support may be beneficial, they only rarely occur.