Anxious adults vs. cool children: children's views on smoking and addiction

Rugkåsa, Jorun; Knox, Barbara; Sittlington, Julie; Kennedy, Orla B.; Treacy, Margaret; Abaunza, Pilar Santos

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00367-1

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“…The use of cigarettes as a symbol of transition into adulthood has also been reported (e.g. Denscombe, 2001b;Rugkasa et al 2001;Seguire & Chalmers, 2000).…”

Section: Image Projectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Q-methodological Investigation into the Meanings of Cigarette Consumption

Moss

Bould

2009

J Health Psychol

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This Q-methodological study identified shared subjective explanations of smoking among non-smokers, current smokers and ex-smokers, to consider whether some representations were protective or facilitated quitting. Four factors were identified: named independent addiction; independent non-addiction; anti-smoking; and social addiction. The first two factors were dominated by current and ex-smokers, and the last two by non-smokers. Differences emerged on the use of the `addiction' concept, the use of smoking as a tool for affect management, the role of image manipulation and the general positive and negative perceptions of smoking. The functional use of the different shared smoking representations is discussed.

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“…The use of cigarettes as a symbol of transition into adulthood has also been reported (e.g. Denscombe, 2001b;Rugkasa et al 2001;Seguire & Chalmers, 2000).…”

Section: Image Projectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Q-methodological Investigation into the Meanings of Cigarette Consumption

Moss

Bould

2009

J Health Psychol

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“…Specifically, having favourable smoker images (prototypes), of same age adolescents who smoke, has been shown to be predictive for subsequent smoking behaviour. Social risk images seem to be especially influential in adolescence, since this is a time characterised by heightened concern about social appearance, peer approval, and a desire to be popular (Harter, 2001;Rugkåsa et al, 2001;Youniss & Haynie, 1992).…”

Section: Smoker Imagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Leventhal & Cleary (1980) announced the idea that smoker images may act as goal states. Thus, a reason to start smoking may be to acquire favourable characteristics associated with the smoker-image, like being "cool" or "mature", in order to gain group membership and popularity among one's peers (Rugkåsa et al, 2001 not only seen as having " less common sense" than non-smokers, but also being " less interesting", "likable", "intelligent", and "mature" Pechmann & Ratneshwar, 1994). This development may suggest that smoker images do not longer function as a goal state images , but may be more inhibiting, than facilitating.…”

Section: Smoker Imagesmentioning

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The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

Skalle¹,

Rise²

2006

Addictive Behaviors

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“…Second, research has examined adolescents' perceptions of short-term outcomes of smoking (Gritz et al, 2003;Halpern-Felsher et al, 2004;Prokhorov et al, 2002), which may be of greater importance in determining behavior than potential long-term outcomes (Halpern-Felsher et al, 2007). Third, researchers have recognized the importance of both physiological processes (e.g., pleasurable rush or buzz, relaxation; Eissenberg and Balster, 2000;Pomerleau et al, 1998) and social processes (e.g., looking cool, having more friends; Epstein et al, 2000;Nichter et al, 2007;Rugkasa et al, 2001) in determining smoking behavior.…”

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Adolescents report both positive and negative consequences of experimentation with cigarette use

Brady

Song

Halpern‐Felsher

2008

Preventive Medicine

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Objective-To examine the physiological and social consequences that 9th and 10th grade adolescents experience as a result of experimenting with cigarette use, and whether consequences vary by level of experimentation and gender.Method-Data were collected between 2001 and 2004 from 395 adolescents attending two northern California public high schools. Analyses are limited to 155 adolescents who reported puffing on cigarettes or smoking whole cigarettes at any of four time points during the study.Results-The percentage of adolescents reporting consequences of smoking were as follows: any positive consequence (56%), felt relaxed (46%), looked cool (31%), looked grown-up (27%), became popular (17%), any negative consequence (56%), friends were upset (35%), trouble catching breath (29%), bad cough (26%), got into trouble (23%). Ten percent of adolescents reported only experiencing negative consequences, 11% reported only positive consequences, 45% reported both negative and positive consequences, and 34% reported no consequences. Greater levels of experimentation were associated with greater likelihood of reporting positive or negative consequences. Few gender differences emerged.Conclusion-Adolescents experience both positive and negative consequences of experimentation with cigarette use. Prevention and intervention efforts should acknowledge that positive consequences of smoking may occur and address how these consequences can be achieved through other behaviors.

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Anxious adults vs. cool children: children's views on smoking and addiction

Cited by 55 publications

References 22 publications

A Q-methodological Investigation into the Meanings of Cigarette Consumption

A Q-methodological Investigation into the Meanings of Cigarette Consumption

The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

Adolescents report both positive and negative consequences of experimentation with cigarette use

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