Open AccessThe association between cognitive coping strategies and treatment outcomes in smokers with PTSD.
Author(s) -
Anu Asnaani,
Antonia N. Kaczkurkin,
Hayley E. Fitzgerald,
Alissa B. Jerud,
Edna B. Foa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000473
Subject(s) - varenicline , clinical psychology , smoking cessation , cognition , coping (psychology) , abstinence , psycinfo , psychology , cognitive processing therapy , comorbidity , psychiatry , cognitive therapy , medicine , nicotine , medline , pathology , political science , law
Numerous researchers have suggested that certain coping styles (e.g., maladaptive cognitive coping strategies) interfere with recovery from traumatic experiences and contribute to the onset/maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Further, given that individuals with PTSD have a high rate of smoking (e.g., Mahaffey et al., 2016) and that maladaptive coping strategies in general are associated with lower smoking quit rates, it is possible that use of maladaptive cognitive coping strategies are particularly problematic for the recovery of smokers with PTSD. The present study examined whether specific cognitive coping strategies are associated with poorer outcome among smokers with PTSD following an integrated treatment for both disorders.