Open AccessAnhedonia and smoking cessation among Spanish-speaking Mexican-Americans.
Author(s) -
Aaron K. Haslam,
Virmarie Correa-Fernández,
Diana S. Hoover,
Li Liang,
Cho Y. Lam,
David W. Wetter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000633
Subject(s) - anhedonia , smoking cessation , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pathology
Smoking cessation is associated with improved health and reduced risk of disease. Understanding specific factors that are associated with smoking cessation is important both for identifying those who may have the greatest difficulty quitting smoking and tailoring smoking cessation interventions accordingly. Low positive affect/anhedonia, a key transdiagnostic symptom of several psychiatric disorders, is associated with lower levels of smoking cessation in the general population, but to date, few studies have examined factors influencing smoking cessation among Spanish-speaking Mexican-American smokers.