Health message relevance and disparagement among adolescents

Southwell, Brian

doi:10.1080/08824090109384817

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“…Our results suggest that HWL disparagement in the form of mockery is not counterproductive and may even indicate greater personal relevance and processing of the message, and greater effectiveness, as has been found for other defensive reactions such as avoidance of HWLs [23,36,42] and reactance to HWLs [18,20]. When a message is threatening to one's existing attitude, those who believe that the message is relevant to them are more likely to generate critical judgments regarding the message's content, quality and credibility than do individuals for whom the message is less relevant [43,44]. In our study, it is more nicotine-addicted smokers and those who made a recent quit attempt who tended to disparage/mock HWLs.…”

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Disparagement of health warning labels on cigarette packages and cessation attempts: results from four countries

Osman

Thrasher

Yong

et al. 2017

Health Education Research

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Health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packs that use strong fear appeals may evoke defensive responses including acts of disparaging the warnings. Whether warning disparagement undermines HWL effectiveness remains unclear. We assessed correlates of one type of HWL disparagement and its association with subsequent cessation attempts. Longitudinal data (2012-14) on adult smokers from Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United States (US) were analyzed. HWL disparagement was assessed as the frequency of making fun of HWLs in the past month. Using Generalized Estimating Equation models we estimated correlates of HWL disparagement and whether HWL disparagement predicted subsequent cessation attempts. In each country, across all waves, 24-31% of smokers reported making fun of the warnings at least once in the past month. More frequent disparagement was found among males, younger participants, those with higher education and greater addiction, and those who recently attempted to quit. Attention to, avoidance of and talking to others about HWLs were all positively associated with HWL disparagement. In all countries, except the US, this type of HWL disparagement was an independent predictor of subsequent cessation attempts. HWL disparagement among smokers may indicate greater warning relevance and processing and does not result in counterproductive effects on cessation efforts.

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Disparagement of health warning labels on cigarette packages and cessation attempts: results from four countries

Osman

Thrasher

Yong

et al. 2017

Health Education Research

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“…Previous research has demonstrated lower levels of trust among smokers in sources of health information [ 37 ] and in government agencies [ 5 ]. In addition, research on information processing shows that when a message is threatening to one’s existing attitude, those who believe that the message is relevant to them are more likely to generate critical judgments regarding the message’s content, quality, and credibility than individuals for whom the message is less relevant [ 38 , 39 ]. In this context, it is particularly heartening that informational messages detailing the role, scientific basis, and a potential protective function of tobacco regulations changed smokers’ perceptions of the FDA.…”

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Information to Improve Public Perceptions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA’s) Tobacco Regulatory Role

Osman

Kowitt

Sheeran

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had regulatory authority over tobacco products since 2009, public awareness of this authority remains limited. This research examines several broad types of information about FDA tobacco regulatory mission that may improve the perceptions of FDA as a tobacco regulator. Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, 1766 adults, smokers and non-smokers, were randomly assigned to view a statement about FDA regulatory authority that varied three information types in a 2 × 2 × 2 between subjects experimental design: (1) FDA’s roles in regulating tobacco (yes/no); (2) The scientific basis of regulations (yes/no); and (3) A potential protective function of regulations (yes/no). Using factorial ANOVA, we estimated the main and interactive effects of all three types of information and of smoking status on the perceptions of FDA. Participants that were exposed to information on FDA roles reported higher FDA credibility and a greater perceived knowledge of FDA than those who did not. Exposure to information about the scientific basis of regulations led to more negative views of the tobacco industry. Participants who learned of the FDA’s commitment to protecting the public reported higher FDA credibility and more positive attitudes toward regulations than those who did not learn of this commitment. We observed no significant interaction effects. The findings suggest that providing information about the regulatory roles and protective characterization of the FDA’s tobacco regulatory mission positively influence public perceptions of FDA and tobacco regulations.

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“…Rather than being a limitation, it may also be asked whether the analysis of PSA evaluations was superfluous because attitudes about marijuana may be an outcome of greater social and theoretical importance. Individuals are more likely to deride antidrug PSAs that they evaluate negatively than those they judge positively, even when the PSAs do not affect their drug attitudes (Southwell, 2001). Because YouTube offers a place to communicate PSA derision, its susceptibility to the articulation of viewers' PSA evaluations, which, as this research shows, may influence others in turn, suggests that PSA evaluation is an important construct in and of itself.…”

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The Influence of Online Comments on Perceptions of Antimarijuana Public Service Announcements on YouTube

Walther

DeAndrea

Kim

et al. 2010

Human Communication Research

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Web-based media often present multiple sources of influence, such as mass media and peers, within one interface. When individuals identify with peers who are visually anonymous and with whom they do not directly interact, they should be susceptible to social influence from that group. This study examined the interplay among antimarijuana public service announcement (PSA) videos in a YouTube environment and adjacent message postings from other viewers about those videos. Results show that supportive or derisive comments affected PSA evaluations but not marijuana attitudes, whereas the interaction effect of identification and comment valence affected both PSA evaluations and marijuana attitudes.Other factors previously related to PSA evaluation such as message strength and perceivers' sensation-seeking did not interact with hypothesized factors.

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Health message relevance and disparagement among adolescents

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Disparagement of health warning labels on cigarette packages and cessation attempts: results from four countries

Disparagement of health warning labels on cigarette packages and cessation attempts: results from four countries

Information to Improve Public Perceptions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA’s) Tobacco Regulatory Role

The Influence of Online Comments on Perceptions of Antimarijuana Public Service Announcements on YouTube

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