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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abus Alcohol. 2017 Mar 23;5(1):1055.

Table 2.

Social context, perceptions of approval and stigma among smokers with schizophrenia.

Total Group Young adult Adult
Social context of smoking N=184 N=43 N=141
Smoking allowed inside home, N (%)*** 89 (48.6) 9 (20.9) 80 (57.1)
Family (of origin) member smokes, N (%) 161 (87.5) 37 (86.1) 124 (87.9)
Smoking companions past week, Mean (SD) 2.98 (6.5) 2.97 (4.5) 2.99 (7.0)
Nonsmoking companions past week, Mean (SD)* 2.25 (3.2) 3.20 (3.6) 1.98 (3.0)
Perceptions of social approval for cessation strategies
Friends/boy- or girlfriend approval for quitting cold turkey*** 4.98 (1.8) 5.86 (1.4) 4.71 (1.9)
Friend approval NRT 5.17 (1.8) 5.55 (1.6) 5.06 (1.9)
Friend approval cessation medication 4.86 (1.7) 5.07 (1.8) 4.80 (1.7)
Smoking-related stigma and discrimination concerns
Social Withdrawal Score (range 0-9), Mean (SD) 5.12 (1.9) 4.51 (2.0) 5.36 (1.8)
Devaluation Score (range 0-6), Mean (SD) 3.1 (1.4) 2.6 (1.4) 3.21 (1.4)
Secrecy, N (%) 73 (39.7) 22 (51.2) 51 (36.2)
Perceived Differential Treatment, N (%) 50 (27.2) 11 (25.6) 39 (27.7)
*

p≤.05;

**

p≤.01;

***

p≤.001;