Smoking status and exercise in relation to PTSD symptoms: a test among trauma-exposed adults
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The present investigation examined the interactive effect of cigarette smoking status (i.e., regular smoking versus non-smoking) and weekly exercise (i.e., weekly metabolic equivalent) in terms of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) symptom severity among a community sample of trauma-exposed adults. Participants included 86 trauma-exposed adults (58.1% female; M age = 24.3). Approximately 59.7% of participants reported regular (≥ 10 cigarettes per day) daily smoking over the past year. The interactive effect of smoking status by weekly exercise was significantly associated with hyperarousal and avoidance symptom cluster severity (p ≤ .05). These effects were evident above and beyond number of trauma types and gender, as well as the respective main effects of smoking status and weekly exercise. Follow-up tests indicated support for the moderating role of exercise on the association between smoking and PTSD symptoms, such that the highest levels of PTSD symptoms were observed among regular smokers reporting low weekly exercise levels. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
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Exercise moderates the association between regular smoking and PTSD symptoms in a non-clinical sample of trauma-exposed individuals, such that regular smokers who also endorsed high levels of weekly exercise had fewer hyperarousal and avoidance symptoms of PTSD than their low-level exercise counterparts.
“exercise moderates the association between regular smoking and PTSD symptoms in a non-clinical sample of trauma-exposed individuals (N = 86; mean age = 24.3; 42.9% male, 89.5% white), such that regular smokers who also endorsed high levels of weekly exercise had fewer hyperarousal (β = −0.33, p = 0.05), and avoidance (β = −0.38, p = 0.04) symptoms of PTSD than their low-level exercise counterparts”
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“…individuals ( N = 86; mean age = 24.3; 42.9% male, 89.5% white), such that regular smokers who also endorsed high levels of weekly exercise had fewer hyperarousal ( β = − 0.33, p = 0.05), and avoidance ( β = − 0.38, p = 0.04) symptoms of PTSD than their low-level exercise counterparts (48).”
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- Authors
- Vujanovic, A. A., Farris, S. G., Harte, C. B., Smits, J. A. J., & Zvolensky, M. J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- University of Houston (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- Southern Methodist University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Vujanovic, Anka A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Mental health and physical activity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-06
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 132-138
- ISSN
- 1755-2966 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3833670
- OpenAlex
- W2138886276
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Mental health and physical activity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (F31DA021006)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, cigarette smoking, physical activity, hyperarousal symptoms, avoidance symptoms, trauma exposure
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