The association of normative perceptions with adolescent smoking intentions

Abstract The social norms approach suggests that tobacco use among a referent population will reduce provided they are presented with accurate information about the perceived norms of that behaviour. This study investigated adolescents' perceived tobacco-related norms on future smoking intentio...

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Published in:	Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 603 - 614
Main Authors:	Brown, Abraham Kojo, Moodie, Crawford, Hastings, Gerard, Mackintosh, Anne-Marie, Hassan, Louise, Thrasher, James
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2010 Elsevier John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adolescent smokers Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Child Cross-Sectional Studies Developmental psychology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Surveys Humans Intention Male Medical sciences Never smokers Norms Pediatrics Perceptions Population Growth Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Siblings Smoking Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - epidemiology Smoking - psychology Smoking intentions Social Conformity Social norms Social Perception Social Policy Social Values Stimuli Teenagers Tobacco Industry Tobacco smoking United Kingdom Youth Never smokers Smoking intentions Adolescent smokers Social norms Human Social norm Structural equation modeling Smoker Adolescent Tobacco smoking Intention
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Summary:	Abstract The social norms approach suggests that tobacco use among a referent population will reduce provided they are presented with accurate information about the perceived norms of that behaviour. This study investigated adolescents' perceived tobacco-related norms on future smoking intentions, using a sample of 11–16 year olds ( n = 804) from wave two of the Youth Tobacco Policy Survey. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse, simultaneously, the hypothesized normative model on future smoking intentions among both adolescent smokers and never smokers. While among adolescent smokers perceived prevalence, perceptions of the tobacco industry and risk from smoking were associated with future smoking intentions, among never smokers only perceived sibling approval was associated with future smoking intentions. The research highlights the need for more comprehensive anti-tobacco related campaigns that incorporate messages and stimuli relevant to behaviour reflecting these normative types.
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ISSN:	0140-1971 1095-9254
DOI:	10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.12.003