RT Journal Article
T1 Prospective associations between smoking abstinence and anhedonia among people who seek smoking cessation treatment
A1 Moss Alonso, Elizabeth
A1 Rodríguez Cano, Rubén Agustín
A1 Martínez Vispo, Carmela
A1 López Durán, Ana
A1 Becoña Iglesias, Elisardo
K1 Smoking cessation
K1 Tobacco
K1 Anhedonia
K1 Bidirectional association
K1 Random intercept cross-lagged panel model
AB IntroductionDepression has been broadly studied in association with tobacco smoking. However, little is known about the prospective association between anhedonia, one of the core symptoms of depression, and smoking outcomes after smoking cessation treatment. The goal of this study was to examine the bidirectional and longitudinal relation between anhedonia and smoking abstinence after smoking cessation intervention and up to a 12-month follow-up.MethodsThe sample was composed of 685 participants (Mage = 45.51; 62 % female) that were enrolled in three cognitive-behavioural smoking cessation interventions. Anhedonia and smoking abstinence were measured at post-treatment, and at 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-ups. The bidirectional and longitudinal association was analysed applying a Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM), and results were controlled for the effects of sex and differing studies.ResultsThe RI-CLPM showed that smoking abstinence in one timepoint predicted lower anhedonia at the following timepoint for each assessment. Although greater anhedonia was related to lower smoking abstinence crossectionally at post-treatment, 6- and 12-month follow-ups, precedent anhedonia did not predict consequent smoking abstinence at any follow-up. The results were consistent when controlling potential confounding variables.ConclusionsThe bidirectional analysis indicated that smoking abstinence predicted lower anhedonia after a smoking cessation intervention during the course of 12 months, but anhedonia did not significantly predict smoking abstinence at any consequent timepoint. Findings have relevant implications as may serve to motivate healthcare professionals to apply tailored smoking cessation interventions, and people who smoke to quit due to the potential impact on mood.
PB Elsevier
SN 0306-4603
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43887
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43887
LA eng
NO Moss-Alonso, E., Rodríguez-Cano, R., Martínez-Vispo, C., López-Durán, A., & Becoña, E. (2025). Prospective associations between smoking abstinence and anhedonia among people who seek smoking cessation treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 170, 108439. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108439
NO This research was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Project PSI2015-66755-R), and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain (Project PID2019-109400RB-100;) and co-financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund). The funding sources had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026