Sb. Gulliver et al., AN INVESTIGATION OF SELF-EFFICACY, PARTNER SUPPORT AND DAILY STRESSESAS PREDICTORS OF RELAPSE TO SMOKING IN SELF-QUITTERS, Addiction, 90(6), 1995, pp. 767-772
Six hundred and thirty smokers who intended to quit smoking themselves
completed pre-cessation measures of self-efficacy, partner support, d
aily stresses and demographics. Subjects were contacted at 2, 7, 14, 3
0, 90 and 180 days post-cessation to determine smoking starers and to
re-administer the measures at 7, 14 and 30 days post-cessation. A seri
es of logistic regressions examined which prospective factors best pre
dicted relapse between 0-2 days, 3-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-30 days, 31-9
0 days and 91-180 days. Relapse was predicted by different variables a
t different times; however, self-efficacy was a consistent predictor o
f relapse over time.