The prospective relationship between distress tolerance and cigarette smoking expectancies in adolescence.

摘要: The current study examined the prospective relationship between distress tolerance (DT) and positive negative cigarette smoking outcome expectancies, which are reliable predictors of onset maintenance behaviors. Data from a longitudinal (N = 204) examining risk behaviors in adolescence were used to assess whether DT predicts individual differences rate change expectancies over 4 annual assessment waves through adolescence. Adolescents (mean age at first wave: 13.03 years; SD 0.88 years) completed behavioral task assessing baseline self-report measure adolescent annually across years. Latent growth curve models estimated test our hypotheses. Results showed that did not significantly predict initial levels affect reduction (NAR) but NAR increased more quickly time for adolescents with lower DT. Moreover, as hypothesized, prospectively significant changes outside domain NAR, including physical feelings, social impression, boredom expectancies. These findings suggest is useful indicator about consequences smoking, particularly those focused on reducing affect. Thus, may be an important target preventing initiation among via this putative mechanism. Theoretical clinical implications discussed within context observed effect sizes. (PsycINFO Database Record