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Cognitive reactions to smoking relapse: The reciprocal relation between dissonance and self-esteem.

Gibbons, Frederick X., Eggleston, Tami J., Benthin, Alida C.·1997·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

Perceptions of health risk associated with smoking, commitment to quitting, and self-concept were assessed among smokers before, during, and after their participation in cessation clinics. Consistent with expectations derived from cognitive dissonance theory, results indicated that relapsers' perception of risk declined after they resumed smoking, although the decline was significant only for relapsers with high self-esteem; high self-esteem relapsers experienced a significantly greater decline in commitment to quitting than did low self-esteem relapsers; and decline in risk perception among relapsers was associated with maintenance of self-esteem. The implications of these results for dissonance theory and the study of smoking relapse and cessation are discussed.

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  • Smokers who relapsed and began smoking again reduced their self-perceived risk of acquiring smoking-related illnesses, but only among high self-esteem smokers.

    “The smokers who relapsed and began smoking again reduced the dissonance associated with this attitude-discrepant behavior (discrepant because they were committed to quitting smoking) by reducing their self-perceived risk of acquiring smoking-related illnesses.”

    From The psychology of self-defense: Self-affirmation theory (2006) · cites this paper as Gibbons et al., 1997

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Authors
Gibbons, F. X., Eggleston, T. J., & Benthin, A. C.
Affiliations
Iowa State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
1997-01
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
184-195
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2087104567
Cited by
138
References
0
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FWCI
3.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r03da007534-02)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA07534A)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
smoking relapse, cognitive dissonance, self-esteem, health risk perception, smoking cessation, self-concept
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Attitude to Health, Cognitive Dissonance, Ego, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Recurrence, Regression Analysis, Risk-Taking, Self Concept, Time Factors, Smoking Cessation

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