Neighborhood vigilance, health locus of control, and smoking abstinence

Lorraine R. Reitzel; Sejal Lahoti; Yisheng Li; Yumei Cao; David W. Wetter; Andrew J. Waters; Jennifer Irvin Vidrine

doi:10.5993/AJHB.37.3.6

Neighborhood vigilance, health locus of control, and smoking abstinence

Lorraine R. Reitzel, Sejal Lahoti, Yisheng Li, Yumei Cao, David W. Wetter, Andrew J. Waters, Jennifer Irvin Vidrine

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Objectives: To examine whether health locus of control mediated relations of self-reported neighborhood vigilance and biochemically verified, continuous short-term smoking abstinence among 200 smokers enrolled in a cohort study. Methods: A nonparametric bootstrapping procedure was used to assess mediation. Results: Health locus of control-chance mediated relations between neighborhood vigilance and smoking abstinence in analyses adjusted for sociodemographics and tobacco dependence (p < .05). Greater vigilance was associated with greater attributions that health was affected by chance, which was associated with a lower likelihood of smoking abstinence. Conclusions: Results suggest that neighborhood perceptions influence residents' attributions for health outcomes, which can affect smoking abstinence.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	334-341
Number of pages	8
Journal	American journal of health behavior
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.3.6
State	Published - May 2013

Keywords

Chance attributions
Locus of control
Neighborhood threat
Neighborhood vigilance
Smoking cessation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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