Increasing Smoking Cessation Adherence: Do We Need to Consider the Role of Executive Function and Rumination?

Abstract: Despite the cost and health consequences, a large number of people continue to smoke cigarettes worldwide every day. Notwithstanding, there have been a number of interventions to help people stop smoking but, in general, these have produced only limited success, and better interventions are needed. Accruing evidence affirmed that rumination and executive function play a pivotal role in cigarette smoking behavior, and in this editorial, we describe and discuss the key findings between these constructs and smoking, and argue that an impairment in executive functions does not act alone, but interacts with rumination by directing attention to depressive thoughts, thereby reducing the ability of smokers to engage in constructive behaviors, such as quitting smoking. Finally, we offer a new theory-driven model based on a deep understanding of the interactions between executive functions and rumination and potential moderator effects. https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/2279

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Increasing Smoking Cessation Adherence: Do We Need to Consider the Role of Executive Function and Rumination? ; volume:16 ; number:1 ; day:03 ; month:03 ; year:2020 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 16, Heft 1 (03.03.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Marianna Masiero ; Mark Cropley ; Gabriella Pravettoni

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v16i1.2279
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101416375270176082
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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