1. Discrimination, Mental Health, and Readiness to Quit Smoking.
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Jones-Patten, Alexandria, Shin, Sanghyuk S., Bounds, Dawn T., and Nyamathi, Adeline
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RESEARCH , *SMOKING cessation , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *CROSS-sectional method , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *MENTAL health , *MENTAL depression , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *INTENTION , *ANXIETY , *STATISTICAL correlation , *HOMELESSNESS , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *AFRICAN Americans - Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional study, examining the mediation effects of depression and anxiety on the association between discrimination and readiness to quit cigarette smoking among African American adult cigarette smokers experiencing homelessness. Using a convenience sample, participants were recruited from a homeless shelter in Southern California. Scores of discrimination, depressive, and anxiety symptoms, and readiness to quit smoking were analyzed using linear regression modeling. We enrolled 100 participants; 58 participants were male. In the final model, discrimination had no association with readiness to quit (b = 0.02; 95% CI [−0.04, 0.08]; p = 0.47). The indirect effects of depression (b = 0.04, [0.01, 0.07]; p = 0.02) and anxiety (b = 0.03; [0.01, 0.05]; p = 0.04) reached statistical significance; the direct effects of depression (b = −0.01; [−0.09, 0.04]; p = 0.70) and anxiety (b = −0.00; [−0.09, 0.06]; p = 0.86) did not. Future studies should explore these associations to enhance smoking cessation programs for this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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