Reported stress and its relationship to tobacco use among US military personnel
Reported stress and its relationship to tobacco use among US military personnel
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DOI：
10.7205/milmed.173.3.271
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Williams, Jason
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作者：
Stein, Risa J.;Pyle, Sara A.;Williams, Jason
除了常见的压力源外，美国武装部队的成员还经历了他们作为服务成员所特有的高水平压力。为了对抗压力，许多军人报告说尼古丁的使用量很高。本研究调查了所有四个军种的军人烟草使用和感知压力之间的关系。结果表明，那些专门使用烟草制品来减轻压力的人报告的压力水平明显高于不使用烟草的人。此外，目前的使用者和那些既吸烟又使用无烟烟草的人比以前或从未使用过的人更有可能报告经历来自各种来源的“很多”压力。烟草使用者也更频繁地从事消极的应对行为，较少依赖于前吸烟者或从不吸烟者更经常使用的积极应对策略。这些发现与大量文献一致，表明烟草不仅是一种无效的减压策略，而且可能使使用者的压力反应持续存在。因此，军方改善尼古丁使用部队的有效应对手段至关重要。
In addition to common stressors, members of the U.S. Armed Forces experience a high level of stress unique to their status as service members. In an effort to combat stress, many military personnel report high levels of nicotine use. This study investigated the relationship between tobacco use and perceived stress among military members in all four armed services. Results indicate that those who use tobacco products specifically to reduce stress report significantly higher stress levels than those who do not use tobacco. Moreover, current users and those who both smoked and used smokeless tobacco were far more likely to report experiencing "a lot" of stress from a variety of sources than former or never users. Tobacco users also engaged more frequently in negative coping behaviors and relied less on the positive coping strategies used more often by former or never smokers. These findings are consistent with the larger body of literature suggesting that tobacco is not only an ineffective stress-reducing strategy, it also likely perpetuates a stress response in users. It is, therefore, critical that the military improve effective means of coping among nicotine-using troops.