ArticleBMJ open2018
Purpose in life and tobacco use among community-dwelling mothers of early adolescents.
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- The association between purpose/meaning in life and verbal fluency and episodic memory: a meta-analysis of >140,000 participants from up to 32 countries.International psychogeriatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Sense of Purpose in Life Is Associated with Lower Risk of Incident Dementia: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Pooled it
- Purpose in life and concurrent and incident fatigue.Psychology, health & medicine · 2026Article
- A review of the literature on wellbeing and modifiable dementia risk factors.Ageing research reviews · 2024Review
- Healthy Eating as Potential Mediator of Inverse Association between Purpose in Life and Waist Circumference: Emerging Evidence from US and Chilean Cohorts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Positive psychological well-being and cardiovascular disease: Exploring mechanistic and developmental pathways.Social and personality psychology compass · 2021Article
- Association between healthy lifestyle practices and life purpose among a highly health-literate cohort: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Purpose in Life and Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: Replicable Evidence from Two National Samples.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Sense of Purpose in Life and Cardiovascular Disease: Underlying Mechanisms and Future Directions.Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
- Cohort Profile: The Tokyo Teen Cohort study (TTC).International journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe rising prevalence of tobacco use and tobacco-attributable deaths among women is of worldwide concern. In particular, smoking prevention for mothers in early midlife is a significant international public health goal. A higher sense of purpose in life (PIL) is thought to reduce detrimental health behaviours. However, little is known about the association between a sense of PIL and tobacco use. This study investigates this association among community-dwelling mothers of early adolescents.
designThis population-based cross-sectional study uses a self-reported questionnaire from the Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey, a large community-based survey conducted in Japan between 2012 and 2015.
settingParticipants were randomly recruited from the resident registries of three municipalities in Tokyo, Japan.
participantsA total of 4478 children and their primary parents participated. Responses from 4063 mothers with no missing data were analysed (mean age=42.0 years (SD=4.2)). MEASURES: Participants' tobacco use, including the number of cigarettes smoked per day, was documented using a questionnaire. PIL was assessed using a Purpose in Life scale derived from Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale.
resultsGreater PIL was associated with a decreased likelihood of tobacco use, even when adjusted for confounders (OR=0.80, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.91). Multinomial logistic regression analyses revealed that PIL was inversely associated with tobacco consumption among mothers. These associations remained after controlling for psychological distress, socioeconomic factors and frequency of alcohol consumption among moderate to heavy smokers (OR=0.70, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.86), while attenuated among light smokers.
conclusionsIncreasing PIL may be a valuable intervention for reducing tobacco use among women in early midlife. This study can contribute to our understanding of the psychology of smoking behaviour and shed light on the targeted intervention to reduce tobacco use among early midlife mothers.
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