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Posttraumatic stress and probable post traumatic stress disorder as it relates to smoking behavior and beliefs among trauma exposed hispanic persons who smoke
There has been little scientific effort to evaluate the associations between cigarette smoking and cessation-related constructs and exposure to traumatic events, posttraumatic stress, and Posttraumatic Stress ...
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Alcohol use severity in relation to pain severity and interference among latinx adults with current pain who smoke cigarettes
Limited research has focused expressly on dual tobacco-alcohol use among the Latinx population. Latinx individuals who smoke represent a tobacco health disparities group and evince elevated rates of pain probl...
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Role of perceived discrimination and anxiety sensitivity in cigarette smoking among english-speaking latinx adults living in the United States
The Latinx/Hispanic (hereafter, Latinx) population in the United States (US) experiences significant tobacco-related health disparities. Extant work suggests social determinants of health (SDoH) such as percei...
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Anxiety Sensitivity Among Non-Hispanic Black Adults: Relations to Mental Health and Psychosomatic States
The non-Hispanic Black adult population has notable disparities in mental and physical health compared to several other racial/ethnic groups. Yet, there is a lack of scientific knowledge about psychologically ...
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Smoking Abstinence Expectancies Among Latinx Smokers: An Initial Test and Evaluation of Individual Difference Factors
Prior research has not examined the impact of smoking abstinence expectancies on smoking behavior in Latinx/Hispanic (hereafter Latinx) smokers. Therefore, the present investigation sought to explore the relev...
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Cannabis Use among Black Young Adults: The Interactive Effects of Ethnic-Racial Identity, Anxiety, and Sex
Black Americans who use cannabis exhibit poorer cannabis-related outcomes than other groups, highlighting a need to identify psycho-sociocultural factors related to their use. Although ethnic-racial identity (...
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Heart-Focused Anxiety Among Trauma-Exposed Latinx Young Adults: Relations to General Depression, Suicidality, Anxious Arousal, and Social Anxiety
Rates of traumatic event exposure, posttraumatic stress (PTS), and co-occurring mental health symptoms and disorders are conditionally higher among Latinx individuals compared to other racial/ethnic population...
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Anxiety, depression, and opioid misuse among adults with chronic pain: the role of emotion dysregulation
The opioid epidemic is a significant public health concern in the United States, particularly among adults with chronic pain. Considerable research suggests that people with mental health problems, including a...
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The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in the Relation Between Pain Intensity with Substance Use and Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Smokers with Chronic Pain
The additive effect of experiencing chronic pain in the context of nicotine addiction places smokers with chronic pain at elevated risk for experiencing physical and mental health problems. Isolating factors t...
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The Role of Anxiety in Smoking Onset, Severity, and Cessation-Related Outcomes: a Review of Recent Literature
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions globally and co-occurs with smoking at a markedly high rate. The present review offers a narrative overview of the most recent research on the role of...
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Pain-Related Anxiety Among Latinx College Students: Relations to Body Vigilance, Worry, Anxious Arousal, and General Depression
Latinx young adults in college (ages 18–25 years) are at an elevated risk for somatic and mental health disparities. Although the experience of pain is among the most common health complaints among Latinx youn...
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Anxiety sensitivity and opioid misuse and dependence among trauma-exposed adults with chronic pain
It is unclear if anxiety sensitivity may serve as mechanism underlying the relation between posttraumatic stress symptom severity and opioid misuse and dependence among trauma-exposed persons with chronic pain...
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Anxiety symptoms and smoking among Latinx adult smokers: the importance of sensitivity to internal cues in terms of dependence, barriers for quitting, and quit problems
Anxiety symptoms are one of the most common forms of psychological distress among Latinx individuals and related to poorer cessation outcomes among non-Latinx Whites. Yet, little is known about the relationshi...
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The Interaction of Alcohol Use and Cannabis Use Problems in Relation to Opioid Misuse Among Adults with Chronic Pain
The opioid epidemic is a significant public health crisis and prescription opioids are often used to manage chronic pain, despite questionable long-term efficacy. Furthermore, co-substance (mis)use is also com...
