Journal article
Effect of risk messages on risk appraisals, attitudes, ambivalence, and willingness to smoke hookah in young adults
Health psychology & behavioral medicine, v 8(1), pp 96-109
01 Jan 2020
PMID: 33033657
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Abstract
Objective: We examined effects of hookah tobacco risk messages on risk appraisals, attitudes towards hookah, ambivalence about hookah use, and willingness to smoke in young adults aged 18-30 years (n = 234).
Design: In an online experiment, participants completed pre-exposure measures and were randomized to hookah tobacco risk messages or to a no message control condition.
Main Outcome Measures: Risk appraisals, attitudes, ambivalence, and willingness to smoke hookah.
Results: Those who viewed risk messages reported greater risk appraisals (M 4.50, SD 1.17 vs. M 3.87, SD 1.16, p < .001), less positive attitudes (M −0.56, SD 1.24, vs. M 0.39, SD 1.35, p < .001), greater ambivalence (M 3.86, SD 1.26, vs. M 3.08, SD 1.32, p < .001), and less willingness to smoke than controls (M 4.48, SD 1.27, vs. M 4.85, SD 1.37, p = .034). Structural equation modeling demonstrated messages reduced willingness to smoke by evoking less positive attitudes (b = −0.15, 95% CI −0.32, −0.05) and by the effect of heightened risk appraisals on less positive attitudes (b = −0.14, 95% CI −0.30, −0.07).
Conclusions: Honing messages and understanding their mechanisms of action are necessary to produce more effective interventions to address hookah and other tobacco use in young adults.
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- Title
- Effect of risk messages on risk appraisals, attitudes, ambivalence, and willingness to smoke hookah in young adults
- Creators
- Darren Mays - Georgetown UniversityAndrea C. Johnson - Georgetown University Medical CenterLilianna Phan - Georgetown University Medical CenterKenneth P. Tercyak - Georgetown University Medical CenterKathryn Rehberg - Georgetown University Medical CenterIsaac Lipkus - Duke University
- Publication Details
- Health psychology & behavioral medicine, v 8(1), pp 96-109
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000517439600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85082541865
- Other Identifier
- 991021894660204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical