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English
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Theoretical frameworks on motivation of substance use posit that affective and cognitive vulnerabilities reinforce daily smokers to continue using cigarette as a means of affect regulation. Synthesizing extant literature on cognitive affective vulnerability and the role of cardiac vagal functioning in affective-cognitive regulation in substance use, the current study aimed to examine the role of distress intolerance (DI) and vagal function in attentional bias (AB) toward motivationally relevant cigarette cues among daily cigarette smokers. Forty-eight eligible daily cigarette smokers completed a set of self-report indices as well as behavioral and computerized tasks to assess DI and AB. Vagal tone and flexibility were indexed by respiratory sinus arrhythmia collected during both rest and a cognitively demanding task. The results showed that DI, indexed by persistence in the mirror tracing task, was associated with AB toward cigarette cues among daily smokers, partially confirming study hypothesis. Contrary to our study hypothesis, DI was not associated with indices of cardiac vagal function, which did not demonstrate significant relations with AB toward cigarette cues. Finally, no significant indirect effect of DI on AB through vagal tone or flexibility was observed. Taken together, these findings suggest that smokers high in DI, as indexed by the mirror tracing persistence, may be more prone to allocate attention to cigarette related cues. Implications regarding smoking maintenance are discussed.
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Topic
Distress intolerance
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Psychology
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD_11039
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1 online resource (vii, 76 pages) : illustrations
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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School of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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