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Anger and psychobiological changes during smoking abstinence and in response to acute stress: prediction of smoking relapse

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al'Absi, Mustafa, Carr, Steven B., Bongard, Stephan·2007·International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Nicotine may be used to manage negative emotions, and recent research suggests that smokers with high levels of hostility may use cigarettes to cope with anger provoking situations. This study evaluated the extent to which a high level of trait anger is associated with risk for relapse among smokers interested in cessation. Chronic smokers with different levels of trait anger provided reports of withdrawal symptoms, craving, and state anger, and collected saliva samples for cortisol during 24-hour ad libitum smoking and the first 24-hour abstinence period of a quit attempt. They also attended a laboratory session conducted after the 24-hour abstinence during which they performed brief mental and social stress challenges and provided blood samples for adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol assays. High trait anger was associated with greater increases in state anger, withdrawal symptoms, and craving during the first 24 h of abstinence. It was also associated with greater ACTH concentrations during the laboratory session. High trait anger was also associated with increased risk for early relapse. The findings support the hypothesis that smokers high in anger trait may have greater mood difficulties during abstinence and may be more vulnerable to early relapse than smokers with low anger trait.

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Authors
al'Absi, M., Carr, S. B., & Bongard, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
Venue
International Journal of Psychophysiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-11
Volume
66
Issue
2
Pages
109-115
ISSN
0167-8760 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1990460753
Cited by
79
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA016351)
  • National Cancer Institute (R21CA088272)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
trait anger, smoking cessation, smoking relapse, nicotine withdrawal symptoms, craving, cortisol, ACTH, acute stress, state anger, hostility, emotion regulation
MeSH terms
Smoking Prevention, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Adult, Aged, Anger, Female, Hostility, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Recurrence, Regression Analysis, Saliva, Self-Assessment, Smoking, Stress, Psychological, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Time Factors, Tobacco Use Disorder, Smoking Cessation

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