Resilience is associated with importance of quitting in homeless adult smokers
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Morayo Akande; Patricia A. Cioe; Irene Glasser; Eric Hirsch
- Source
- Addictive behaviors. 110
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
030508 substance abuse
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Toxicology
Affect (psychology)
Quit smoking
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cigarette smoking
New England
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
media_common
Smokers
business.industry
Targeted interventions
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ill-Housed Persons
behavior and behavior mechanisms
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation
Psychological resilience
0305 other medical science
business
Demography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1873-6327
The prevalence of cigarette smoking in homeless populations is disproportionately high with rates between 57 and 80%. Resilience may affect a smoker's ability to successfully quit smoking. This cross-sectional study examined the association between resilience levels and smoking behaviors in homeless adults.Fifty-nine homeless adults were recruited from a large multi-service homelessness agency in the northeast United States. Surveys were administered to measure smoking behaviors and resilience.Most participants were current smokers (83.1%), with more than half (67.1%) identifying as "moderate smokers" (smoking 10-20 cigarettes per day). Of the current smokers, 93.9% reported smoking daily and 71.4% had tried to quit at least once in their lifetime. The number of quit attempts was significantly (p 0.05) associated with one's contemplation of quitting (r = 0.29) and how one viewed importance of quitting (r = 0.33). Resilience levels were significantly associated with how participants ranked importance of quitting (r = 0.37). Smokers reported a high desire to quit smoking, but level of confidence in their ability to quit was low. Difficulty in finding stable housing and social support were reported as barriers to quitting.This study demonstrates an association between importance of quitting and resilience levels in homeless adult smokers. Future work is needed to examine whether resilience is related to successful smoking cessation in homeless adults, and whether resilience levels can be increased with targeted interventions.