The specific aim of this project is to examine the mechanisms underlying the process of smoking cessation and relapse among Spanish-speaking Hispanic smokers, and to delineate how these mechanisms are influenced by education and acculturation
The primary aims of the study are to:Specific Aim 1: Examine the intrapersonal and contextual determinants/antecedents (e.g., urges, affect, self-efficacy, sense of control, expectancies, stress, coping behavior, and social support) of daily experience, temptations to smoke, and smoking lapses among Spanish-speaking Hispanic smokers during a quit attempt.
Specific Aim 2: Examine the influence of education and acculturation on the antecedent events of smoking relapse.
NOTE A: This proposal is an extension of the parent grant, "Race/Ethnicity and the Process of Smoking Cessation" (PDOL# 2004-0786, Dr. David W. Wetter, PI). The parent grant is recruiting 150 African Americans, 150 Hispanic, and 150 Whites. The Hispanic smokers in the parent grant are English-speaking smokers. This proposal is recruiting Spanish-speaking Hispanic smokers.
NOTE B: To clarify for readers who are not familiar with the smoking cessation and relapse research a lapse or "slip" is typically defined as a single substance use episode that occurs after a person has successfully achieved a period of abstinence from the use of a particular substance. Lapses can easily transition to relapse, which is defined as a return to full-blown substance use. |