Which reference groups matter for Taiwanese high school adolescent smoking? A card sorting study
| Autor: | Tzu-I Tsai, Han-Yi Tsai, Shu-Fang Shih |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 11 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2023-0818 2044-6055 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081807 |
| Popis: | Background Adolescence represents a pivotal period for the initiation of smoking behaviours. While family, peer and social groups serve as significant reference groups influencing adolescents’ decision-making process, there remains a paucity of research that examines how diversified reference groups influence their smoking decisions.Objective The objective is to compare normative and informative influences given by different reference groups on adolescents’ smoking decision-making.Design This study applied reference group theory and used the card sorting technique. Adolescents were presented with 16 cards portraying various reference groups and 27 cards portraying different types of reference group influences. They were asked to construct sentences as smoking-elicited and smoking-inhibited cues and ranked these influences based on their relevance to their smoking decision-making.Participants The participants were recruited from four cities in the North, Central, South and East regions of Taiwan. The study sample consisted of 297 Taiwanese 11th graders drawn from high schools, vocational high schools and night schools.Primary outcome measures The most influential reference group among smokers, former smokers and never smokers.Results Our results of multivariable logistic regression show that for current smokers, having a smoking best friend (aOR=7.58, p |
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