Anxiety sensitivity and cognitive-based smoking processes: Testing the mediating role of emotion dysregulation among treatment-seeking daily smokers

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Johnson, Kirsten A ^a   Farris, Samantha G ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^c   Zvolensky, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; emotion dysregulation; expectancies; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT; SENSATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84861328285     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2012.665695     Document Type: Article

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