Anxiety sensitivity mediates relations between emotional disorders and smoking

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 912-920

  Zvolensky, Michael J ^a,b   Farris, Samantha G ^a   Leventhal, Adam M ^c,d   Schmidt, Norman B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Anxiety sensitivity; Depressive disorders; Nicotine dependence; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER BIAS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925607634     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037450     Document Type: Article

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