Browsing by Author "Rogers, Andrew H."
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Item Social Anxiety and Smoking Cessation Difficulties: The Moderating Role of Negative Urgency(2017-10-12) Sanchez, Marlyn; Rogers, Andrew H.During socially stressful situations, heightened levels of anxiety and low levels of confidence have been linked to stronger smoking urges (Niaura et al., 2002). One such mechanism may be negative urgency, defined as the tendency to act rashly in response to a negative affect. Relapse following smoking cessation has been associated with negative affect (Shiffman, 1982). Negative urgency partially mediated the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and negative reinforcement-related smoking expectancies (Guillot et al., 2014). This study examines the association between social anxiety symptoms and smoking cessation difficulties, and the moderating role of negative urgency in this relation. As expected, social anxiety symptoms was significantly related to smoking cessation difficulties only among individuals with high levels of negative urgency. Anxiety in social situations may lead high negative urgency individuals to smoke in an effort to reduce negative affect.Item The Explanatory Role of Insomnia in the Relationship between Pain Intensity and Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity among Trauma Exposed Latinos in a Federally Qualified Health Center(2020-09-29) Cerda, Olga; Rogers, Andrew H.; Mayorga, Nubia A.Latinos suffer from high rates of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) and its clinical correlates (e.g., disability). Although research suggests the experience of pain is closely related to PTS among trauma-exposed groups, there has been little exploration of the processes that may link pain intensity to greater PTS among trauma-exposed Latinos. The current study explored insomnia, a common problem associated with both pain intensity and PTS, as a mechanism in the association between pain intensity and PTS among trauma-exposed Latinos (N = 208, Mage = 39.39 years, SD = 11.48) attending a Federally Qualified Health Center. Results indicated that insomnia partially explained the relationship between pain intensity and PTS total score (B = 0.25, 95% CI [0.12, 0.43]), as well as re-experiencing (B = 0.09, 95% CI [0.04, 0.17]), avoidance (B = 0.09, 95% CI [0.04, 0.17]), and arousal symptoms (B = 0.10, 95% CI [0.04, 0.17]). Future work is needed to explore the extent to which insomnia accounts for relations between pain and PTS using longitudinal designs to further clarify theoretical health disparity models involving these comorbid conditions. This project was completed with contributions from Chad Lemaire, Monica Garza, and Melissa Ochoa-Perez from Legacy Community Health Center and Joseph W. Ditre from Syracuse University.