Abstract

AFONSO, Fernanda  and  PEREIRA, Maria da Graça. Morbidity, Partner Support and Tobacco Representations in Smokers and Abstinents. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.3, pp.1068-1088. ISSN 1808-4281.

This study compared psychological morbidity, tobacco representations and partner support in 224 smokers and 169 abstinents. Abstinents when compared to smokers, revealed more partner support, positive and negative, more consequences of smoking, longer consumption of tobacco, less personal control, identity, more symptoms related to smoking, more concerns and emotional response associated to tobacco use. Smokers reported less treatment control. In both groups, smokers and abstinents, significant relationships were found between psychological morbidity, tobacco representations and partner support. Predictors of partner support, in smokers, were sex, age, psychological morbidity and treatment control. In abstinents the best predictors were age, anxiety, identity and emotional response.

Keywords : Smoking; Morbidity; Representations; Partner Support.

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