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Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and cigarette smoking behaviors among a sample of people with HIV.

Authors :
Agterberg S
Weinberger AH
Stanton CA
Shuter J
Source :
Journal of behavioral medicine [J Behav Med] 2023 Oct; Vol. 46 (5), pp. 801-811. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 02.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

This study was a secondary analysis of baseline data from a clinical trial of an intensive group-based smoking cessation treatment for people with HIV (PWH) who smoke. It examined the cross-sectional relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination (PED) and cigarette smoking variables (i.e., nicotine dependence, motivation to quit smoking, self-efficacy to quit smoking) among PWH and explored whether depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between PED and smoking variables. Participants (Nā€‰=ā€‰442; M <subscript>age</subscript> ā€‰=ā€‰50.6; 52.8% Male; 56.3% Black, non-Hispanic; 6.3% White, non-Hispanic; 13.3% Hispanic; 87.7% unemployed; 81.6% single) completed measures of demographics, cigarette smoking, depressive symptoms, and PED. Greater PED was related to lower self-efficacy to quit smoking, greater perceived stress, and greater depressive symptoms. In addition, depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between PED and two cigarette smoking variables (i.e., nicotine dependence, self-efficacy to quit smoking). Findings highlight the need for smoking interventions to target PED, self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms to improve smoking cessation variables among PWH.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1573-3521
Volume :
46
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of behavioral medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36864228
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-023-00401-1