Smoking cessation: Social comparison level predicts success for adult smokers

Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-629

  Gerrard, Meg ^a,c   Gibbons, Frederick X ^a,c   Lane, David J ^b   Stock, Michelle L ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult smokers; Distancing; Prototypes; Typical smoker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144458047     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.6.623     Document Type: Article

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