The role of affect-related smoking outcome expectancies in relations between emotion dysregulation/negative urgency and smoking dependence

The aim of the present study was to examine the relations between difficulties in emotion regulation/negative urgency and smoking dependence through the mediator roles of affect-related smoking outcome expectancies (i.e., negative affect reduction and boredom reduction expectancies). With this purpose in mind, firstly, the Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire – Adult (BSCQ-A; Rash &Copeland, 2008) was adapted into Turkish to measure smoking outcome expectancies of Turkish smokers. Next, two multiple mediation models between emotion dysregulation/negative urgency and smoking dependence with the mediator roles of affect-related smoking outcome expectancies were tested using multiple mediation analyses (Hayes, 2013). The results demonstrated that affect-related expectancies from smoking mediated the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and smoking dependence, as well as, the relationship between negative urgency and smoking dependence. In the light of the literature, findings, strengths and implications, as well as limitations and future suggestions of the present study were discussed. Keywords: Smoking Dependence, Smoking Outcome Expectancies, Negative Urgency, Emotion Dysregulation