Abstract
In a study of spousal support for smoking cessation, 34 couples in which one partner continued to smoke despite having a heart or lung problem used an adaptation of Cohen & Lichtenstein's (1990) Partner Interaction Questionnaire to describe the spouse's attempts to help the primary (ill) smoker quit. Female smokers received less support for quitting from their spouse or partner than male smokers did, regardless of whether the support was positive or negative, whether the partner also smoked, or whether the smoker or partner rated the partner's support behavior Female patients in a treatment sub-sample were also less likely than men to achieve stable 1-year cessation if the couple had rated partner support at baseline as coercive or unhelpful. Given known gender differences in relapse risk, cessation interventions for health-compromised female smokers might profitably include partners in addition to the smokers themselves.
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