TY - JOUR
T1 - The energization of health-behavior change
T2 - Examining the associations among autonomous self-regulation, subjective vitality, depressive symptoms, and tobacco abstinence
AU - Niemiec, Christopher P.
AU - Ryan, Richard M.
AU - Patrick, Heather
AU - Deci, Edward L.
AU - Williams, Geoffrey C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH59594) and the National Cancer Institute (R01-CA106668) to Dr. Williams.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Most research on the psychological correlates of smoking behavior has focused on negative indices of wellness, but findings are mixed, contradictory, controversial, and, thus, inconclusive. This study, guided by self-determination theory, examined both positive (viz., vitality) and negative (viz., depressive symptoms) indices of psychological health as predictors of long-term tobacco abstinence in the context of a randomized clinical trial. It also examined autonomous self-regulation and cigarette use as predictors of psychological health. Results supported the proposed conditional indirect effect model in which change in cigarette use mediated the relation of change in autonomous self-regulation for smoking cessation to change in vitality, and this indirect effect was moderated by treatment condition. Further, change in vitality predicted long-term tobacco abstinence. Results for depressive symptoms were largely null. Discussion focuses on the importance of considering positive indices of psychological health for understanding the psychological correlates of smoking behavior.
AB - Most research on the psychological correlates of smoking behavior has focused on negative indices of wellness, but findings are mixed, contradictory, controversial, and, thus, inconclusive. This study, guided by self-determination theory, examined both positive (viz., vitality) and negative (viz., depressive symptoms) indices of psychological health as predictors of long-term tobacco abstinence in the context of a randomized clinical trial. It also examined autonomous self-regulation and cigarette use as predictors of psychological health. Results supported the proposed conditional indirect effect model in which change in cigarette use mediated the relation of change in autonomous self-regulation for smoking cessation to change in vitality, and this indirect effect was moderated by treatment condition. Further, change in vitality predicted long-term tobacco abstinence. Results for depressive symptoms were largely null. Discussion focuses on the importance of considering positive indices of psychological health for understanding the psychological correlates of smoking behavior.
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Self-determination theory
KW - Tobacco abstinence
KW - Vitality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952196263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17439760903569162
DO - 10.1080/17439760903569162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77952196263
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 5
SP - 122
EP - 138
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 2
ER -