Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10443913 | Addictive Behaviors | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We examined whether the weight concerns of Blacks and Whites who enroll in smoking-cessation treatment differed from women who declined treatment. Black (n=100) and White (n=100) female smokers completed four measures of weight concern. Whites reported more general weight concern and smoking-specific weight concern than Blacks did. Treatment enrollers reported more general and smoking-specific weight concerns than decliners did. After controlling for BMI, SES, and number of cigarettes, ethnicity accounted for significant variance in general and smoking-specific weight concerns. Overall, Blacks reported less weight concerns than the Whites did, but when Blacks enrolled in treatment, these differences were less apparent.
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Authors
Lisa A.P. Sánchez-Johnsen, Bonnie J. Spring, Beth Kaplan Sommerfeld, Marian L. Fitzgibbon,