Open AccessCharacteristics of cigarette smoking in individuals in smoking concordant and smoking discordant couples.
Author(s) -
Erin M. Tooley,
Belinda Borrelli
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
couple and family psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2160-410X
pISSN - 2160-4096
DOI - 10.1037/cfp0000078
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , multivariate analysis , nicotine dependence , psychological intervention , cigarette smoking , clinical psychology , quit smoking , psychology , demography , psychiatry , pathology , sociology
Partner smoking status may impact smoking cessation outcomes. The purpose of this study is to compare smokers in smoking concordant couples (both partners smoke) to smokers in smoking discordant couples (one partner smokes) on variables that have been shown to be important for quitting smoking.