AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PARTNER SMOKING, TYPE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND STRESS ON POSTPARTUM SMOKING IN MARRIED-WOMEN WHO STOPPED SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
Ki. Pollak et Pd. Mullen, AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PARTNER SMOKING, TYPE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND STRESS ON POSTPARTUM SMOKING IN MARRIED-WOMEN WHO STOPPED SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY, Psychology of addictive behaviors, 11(3), 1997, pp. 182-189
Partner smoking. general social support, partner support for quitting,
and stress were examined in a sample of 72 pregnant women who spontan
eously quit smoking and had a steady partner. Women whose partners pro
vided them with general social support but smoked were more likely to
return to smoking than women whose partners provided them with general
social support and did not smoke. General social support, partner sup
port for quitting, and stress were not associated with postpartum retu
rn to smoking. Emotional social support from the partner was related t
o perceived stress both in pregnancy and postpartum, Contributions of
this study include development of an intervention that educates partne
rs about the influence of their smoking on new mothers' maintenance an
d a description of the psychosocial environment of pregnant spontaneou
s quitters.