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Metacognitions Across the Continuum of Smoking Dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2008

Ana V. Nikčević  and
Marcantonio M. Spada
Ana V. Nikčević*
Affiliation:
Kingston University, UK
Marcantonio M. Spada
Affiliation:
Roehampton University, UK
*
Reprint requests to Ana V. Nikčević, Unit of Psychology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2EE, UK. E-mail: a.nikcevic@kingston.ac.uk
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Abstract

This study investigated the role of metacognitions in high-dependency smokers, low-dependency smokers and non-smokers. A sample of high-dependency smokers (n = 27), low-dependency smokers (n = 33), and non-smokers (n = 43) completed self-report measures of negative emotion, metacognitions and smoking dependence. Results indicated that high-dependency smokers scored higher than non-smokers on Positive Beliefs about Worry. Furthermore on Beliefs about the Need to Control Thoughts high and low-dependency smokers scored higher than non-smokers. A logistic regression analysis indicated that Beliefs about the Need to Control Thoughts were the only predictor of classification as a dependent smoker when controlling for negative emotion. These results are consistent with a metacognitive conceptualization of smoking dependence.

Keywords

Metacognitionnegative emotionsmokerssmoking dependence
Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , May 2008 , pp. 333 - 339
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008

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