Using Self-affirmation to Increase the Effects of Emotive Health Warnings on Smoking: A Randomized Exploratory Trial
Using Self-affirmation to Increase the Effects of Emotive Health Warnings on Smoking: A Randomized Exploratory Trial
复制标题
利用自我肯定来增强情绪健康警告对吸烟的影响：一项随机探索性试验
作者：
K. Memish;Natalie Schüz;M. Frandsen;S. G. Ferguson;B. Schüz
简介
情感健康信息是烟草控制中广泛使用的工具。然而，在某些情况下，它们可能会引发吸烟者的防御反应，效果可能不如预期。
目标
这项研究测试了通过自我肯定成分增强目前使用的情感图形吸烟健康警告是否会减少香烟消费，以及正如之前的研究表明的那样，对重度吸烟者的潜在影响是否更强。
方法
参与者（n = 265）在观看当前澳大利亚政府公共卫生运动的情感图形健康信息之前，被随机分配到自我肯定组（使用问卷反思个人价值观和积极特质）或匹配的控制条件组。主要结局（每天吸烟量 [CPD]）在干预前和干预后一周进行评估。
结果
自我肯定对吸烟没有主要影响，但正如假设的那样，基线吸烟和自我肯定之间存在显着的相互作用，表明自我肯定的重度吸烟者（> 21 CPD）与非肯定吸烟者相比，CPD 显着降低。
结论
这些发现支持使用自我肯定来增强重度吸烟者的吸烟意识活动。
影响
这项研究表明，通过自我肯定（反思自己积极方面的行为）来增强情感图形吸烟健康信息可以提高其对重度吸烟者的有效性。这表明自我肯定可能是针对重度吸烟者的健康促进特别有用的工具。这项研究对之前的研究进行了补充，因为它是第一个测试自我肯定对当前图形健康信息对吸烟而不是与吸烟相关的认知的附加影响的研究。
Introduction
Emotive health messages are widely used tools in tobacco control. However, under some circumstances, they can be less effective than desired by eliciting defensive responses in smokers.
Aims
This study tests whether enhancing a currently used emotive graphic smoking health warning with a self-affirmation component reduces cigarette consumption and whether potential effects are stronger in heavier smokers, as suggested by previous research.
Methods
Participants (n = 265) were randomly allocated to a self-affirmation (reflecting on personal values and positive traits using a questionnaire) or matched control condition before viewing an emotive graphic health message from a current Australian government public health campaign. The primary outcome (cigarettes per day [CPD]) was assessed both before and a week following the intervention.
Results
No main effect of self-affirmation on smoking, but as hypothesized, a significant interaction between baseline smoking and self-affirmation was found that showed that heavier smokers (>21 CPD) who self-affirmed significantly reduced CPD compared to nonaffirmed smokers.
Conclusions
These findings support the use of self-affirmation to enhance smoking awareness campaigns in heavier smokers.
Implications
This study shows that enhancing emotive graphic smoking health messages with self-affirmation (the act of reflecting on positive aspects of oneself) increases their effectiveness in heavier smokers. This suggests that self-affirmation might be a particularly useful tool for health promotion targeting heavier smokers. This study adds to previous research in that it is the first to test the add-on effects of self-affirmation to current graphic health messages on smoking rather than smoking-related cognitions.
影响因子：
4.4
作者：
Asfar, Taghrid;Ebbert, Jon O.;Klesges, Robert C.;Relyea, George E.
通讯作者：
Relyea, George E.
影响因子：
4.7
作者：
Hughes, John R.;Carpenter, Matthew J.
通讯作者：
Carpenter, Matthew J.
影响因子：
4.4
作者：
POMERLEAU, CS;CARTON, SM;POMERLEAU, OF
通讯作者：
POMERLEAU, OF