Background

To improve cessation interventions, it is necessary to understand the factors associated with daily motivation to not smoke. One hypothesized factor is self-efficacy; however, there has been a lack of evidence investigating self-efficacy as a dynamic construct.

Methods

This study examined the influence of baseline and daily self-efficacy on setting daily abstinence plans in pre-quit smokers and successful plans. Participants (N = 76) completed measures of self-efficacy at baseline, and each evening during 28 days of ecological momentary assessment.

Results

Baseline self-efficacy was not correlated with mean daily rating of self-efficacy or variance in ratings. GLMM found that participants who had higher baseline self-efficacy than others were more likely to set an abstinence plan while participants who had a higher rating of self-efficacy on the previous night than others were more likely to set a plan on any given morning. Participants were less likely to set an abstinence plan if they had smoked on the previous day but were more likely if they had set an abstinence plan on the previous day. Participants were less likely to have a successful plan not to smoke if they smoked on the previous day.

Conclusions

The current data indicates that both baseline rating and day-to-day fluctuations in SE influence daily abstinence plan in pre-quit smokers. Future intervention research could examine the use of methods designed to increase and maintain a person’s daily self-efficacy and how this can be leveraged to encourage these smokers to attempt long-term cessation.

中文翻译：

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自我效能对日常戒烟的影响

背景

为了改善戒烟干预措施，有必要了解与不吸烟的日常动机相关的因素。一个假设的因素是自我效能感；然而，缺乏证据证明自我效能是一种动态的建构。

方法

这项研究检查了基线和每日自我效能对戒烟前每日戒酒计划和成功计划的影响。参与者（N = 76）在基线时和生态瞬时评估的28天内每天晚上完成自我效能的测量。

结果

基线自我效能与自我效能的平均每日评分或评分差异无关。GLMM发现，与其他人相比，基线自我效能感较高的参与者更有可能制定节制计划，而与其他人相比，前一天晚上自我效能评分较高的参与者更有可能在任何给定的早晨制定计划。如果参与者在前一天吸烟，则制定戒酒计划的可能性较小，但如果他们在前一天制定了戒酒计划的可能性较大。如果参与者在前一天吸烟，则他们不太可能制定成功的计划以不吸烟。

结论

目前的数据表明，基线水平和SE的日常波动都会影响戒烟前吸烟者的每日戒酒计划。未来的干预研究可能会检查旨在提高和维持一个人的日常自我效能的方法的使用，以及如何利用这种方法来鼓励这些吸烟者尝试长期戒烟。