INTRODUCTION: Negative affect is an important psychological factor in the promotion and maintenance of cigarette smoking, though the underlying factors that account for this relationship remain to be

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Depression and cigarette smoking behavior: A critical review of population-based studies (2016) · doi

  OBJECTIVES: The current paper aims to critically review existing epidemiologic research on the smoking behaviors of persons with depressive symptoms and disorders and to identify gaps in the literature that warrant further study.

  Keywords: objectives current aims critically review existing epidemiologic smoking behaviors persons depressive symptoms disorders identify gaps
• Relationships of personality and psychiatric disorders to multiple domains of smoking motives and dependence in middle-aged adults (2010) · doi

  However, the associations among psychopathology, personality, and smoking dependence and motives have not been examined simultaneously in studies to date, leaving it unclear whether specific patterns of affective and behavioral functioning are associated with specific aspects of smoking dependence.

  Keywords: smoking dependence specific associations among psychopathology personality motives examined simultaneously date leaving unclear whether patterns
• Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression Emotion Regulation Strategies in Cigarette Smokers (2010) · doi

  INTRODUCTION: Negative affect is an important psychological factor in the promotion and maintenance of cigarette smoking, though the underlying factors that account for this relationship remain to be determined.

  Keywords: introduction negative affect important psychological factor promotion maintenance cigarette smoking though underlying factors account relationship