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    Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Dec;24(4):670-9.

    Implicit and explicit attitudes predict smoking cessation: moderating effects of experienced failure to control smoking and plans to quit.

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    Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. lchassin@asu.edu

    Abstract

    The current study tested implicit and explicit attitudes as prospective predictors of smoking cessation in a Midwestern community sample of smokers. Results showed that the effects of attitudes significantly varied with levels of experienced failure to control smoking and plans to quit. Explicit attitudes significantly predicted later cessation among those with low (but not high or average) levels of experienced failure to control smoking. Conversely, however, implicit attitudes significantly predicted later cessation among those with high levels of experienced failure to control smoking, but only if they had a plan to quit. Because smoking cessation involves both controlled and automatic processes, interventions may need to consider attitude change interventions that focus on both implicit and explicit attitudes.

    (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

    PMID:
    21198227
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3059811
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