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Interacting Effects of Receiving Social Control and Social Support During Smoking Cessation

Authors: Sibylle Ochsner, Ph.D., Nina Knoll, Ph.D., Gertraud Stadler, Ph.D., Aleksandra Luszczynska, Ph.D., Rainer Hornung, Ph.D., Urte Scholz, Ph.D.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

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.

As this study was part of a larger longitudinal study, parts of the data analyzed in this paper were also used in a paper by Ochsner et al. [11] about the interplay of social support and individual self-regulation variables. Although there is some overlap in the variables used, the present paper investigates a unique research question and displays results not yet covered by previous publications from the larger project.

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Title: Interacting Effects of Receiving Social Control and Social Support During Smoking Cessation
Authors: Sibylle Ochsner, Ph.D.
Nina Knoll, Ph.D.
Gertraud Stadler, Ph.D.
Aleksandra Luszczynska, Ph.D.
Rainer Hornung, Ph.D.
Urte Scholz, Ph.D.
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9635-6

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Interacting Effects of Receiving Social Control and Social Support During Smoking Cessation

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Background

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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