Does avoidant coping influence young adults׳ smoking? A ten-year longitudinal study
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INTRODUCTION: Young adults who avoid their emotions may be at risk for starting smoking or not quitting smoking. This study investigated whether a preliminary measure of avoidant coping longitudinally predicts young adults' smoking escalation and cessation. METHODS: In a sample of the 3,305 participants, originally from Washington State, a preliminary measure of self-reported avoidant coping at age 18 was used to predict both smoking escalation and cessation at ages 20 and 28 with both probability and logistic regression models (10-year retention: 98.5%). RESULTS: Individuals who scored high on avoidant coping at 18 were 2.52 (p = .001) times more likely to acquire smoking by 20. However, there was no evidence that avoidant coping at age 18 predicted smoking escalation at 28 or cessation for 20- and 28-year-olds. CONCLUSIONS: An avoidant coping style may have a short-term effect on young adults' smoking acquisition. Future research using a precise and well-validated measure of avoidant coping is now needed to test this possibility.
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Previous research indicates that psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance relate to problematic substance use and to a variety of other addictive behaviors.
“Previous research has indicated that psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance relate to problematic substance use (e.g., Bricker, Schiff & Comstock, 2011; Levin et al., 2012) as well as a variety of other addictive behaviors (e.g., Kingston et al., 2010)”
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The Results report that higher avoidant coping at age 18 was associated with greater odds of smoking escalation by age 20. This supports a relationship with tobacco use, but the paper measured a preliminary avoidant-coping construct, not psychological inflexibility or experiential avoidance directly, and did not establish a relationship across substance use generally. The citation to other addictive behaviors is attached to a different source. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Bricker, J. B., Schiff, L., & Comstock, B. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Venue
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-05-04
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 998-1002
- ISSN
- 1462-2203 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-994X
- PMC
- PMC3179665
- OpenAlex
- W2137627609
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 0.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Washington State University
- Killam Trusts
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA082569, R01CA109652)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- avoidance coping, young adults, smoking initiation, smoking cessation, emotion avoidance, longitudinal prediction
- MeSH terms
- Smoking Prevention, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Personality Disorders, Smoking, Stress, Psychological, Washington, Logistic Models, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Smoking Cessation, Young Adult
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