Are empathic processes mechanisms of pregnancy's protective effect on smoking? Identification of a novel target for preventive intervention

Suena H. Massey, Ryne Estabrook, Leiszle Lapping-Carr, Rebecca L. Newmark, Jean Decety, Katherine L. Wisner and Lauren S. Wakschlag

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 305, issue C

Abstract: Spontaneous cessation and reduction in smoking by pregnant women suggest that concern about others, or empathy, could be a malleable target for intervention. We examined various empathy-related processes in relations to reported and biochemically assessed smoking during pregnancy.

Keywords: Pregnancy smoking; Empathy; Expressed emotion; Prevention; Protective factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115071

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