Why Do Anxiety Sensitive Smokers Perceive Quitting as Difficult? The Role of Expecting “Interoceptive Threat” During Acute Abstinence

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 236-244

  Farris, Samantha G ^a   Langdon, Kirsten J ^b,c   DiBello, Angelo M ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Anxiety sensitivity; Cessation; Expectancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTIVE THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPTOM; THREAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84925491515     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-014-9644-6     Document Type: Article

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