Adolescents' rationalizations to continue smoking: The role of disengagement beliefs and nicotine dependence in smoking cessation

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Kleinjan, Marloes ^a,d   van den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^c  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disengagement beliefs; Motivation to quit; Nicotine dependence; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 60649102210     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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