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Trial reportBioMed research international2014

Association between positivity and smoking cessation.

Maria Caterina Grassi, Guido Alessandri, Stefania Pasquariello, Michela Milioni, Domenico Enea, Mauro Ceccanti, Paolo Nencini, Gian Vittorio Caprara

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Identifying Novel Motivation Phase-Specific Cessation Targets for Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  5. Happiness as a Buffer of the Association Between Dependence and Acute Tobacco Abstinence Effects in African American Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Caterina GrassiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, "V. Erspamer" School of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8022-0526
Guido AlessandriDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Stefania PasquarielloDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5541-3265
Michela MilioniDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Domenico EneaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Mauro CeccantiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 37, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Paolo NenciniDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, "V. Erspamer" School of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Gian Vittorio CapraraDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The literature documents that personality characteristics are associated with healthy lifestyles, including smoking. Among positive traits, Positivity (POS), defined as a general disposition conducive to facing experience under a positive outlook has shown robust associations with psychological health. Thus, the present study investigated the extent to which POS is able to predict (i) relapse after quitting smoking and (ii) the desire to smoke again. All participants (481) had previously attended a Group Counselling Program (GCP) for Smoking Cessation (from 2005 through 2010). They were contacted through telephone interview. Among participants, 244 were ex-smokers (age: years 56.3 ± 10.08, 52% female) and 237 were still-smokers (age: years 55.0 ± 9.63; 63.5% female). The association of POS with "craving to smoke" levels was assessed with multivariate linear regression analysis while controlling also for important differences in personality such as conscientiousness and general self-efficacy, as well as for gender and age. Results showed that POS was significantly and negatively associated with smoking status and with craving to smoke. Among covariates (i.e., conscientiousness, generalized self-efficacy), gender was associated with smoking status and with craving to smoke. Altogether these findings corroborate the idea that POS plays a significant role in sustaining individuals' efforts to quit smoking.

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Attitude to HealthCravingInterviews as TopicSmoking CessationAdultAge FactorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSex Factors

Identifiers

PMID24967403
PMCPMC4054859
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