Perceptions of fashion images from youth magazines: does a cigarette make a difference?

Amos, Amanda; Currie, Candace; Gray, David; Elton, Rob

doi:10.1093/her/13.4.491

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“…Piko and colleagues (2007) also found that the positive social appearance dimension played an important role when considering smoking, reporting that more smokers evaluated a typical smoker as e.g., "good-looking". These results illuminate the function of cigarette smoking as a visual marker, signalising adult style, individuality, sociability, rebellion, and peer group bonding (Amos, Gray, Currie, & Elton, 1997;Amos et al, 1998;Holm, Kremers, & de Vries, 2003;Tilleczek & Hine, 2006;Watson, Clarkson, Donovan, & Giles-Corti, 2003). Results also confirm the assumption that young adolescents (initiators) tend to regard social motives as most important (Baker, Brandon, & Chassin, 2004) for their smoking decisions e.g., as expressed by socially attractive features as opposed to more individual characteristics.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerations Targeting Smoker Imagessupporting

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The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

Skalle¹,

Rise²

2006

Addictive Behaviors

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Section: Theoretical Considerations Targeting Smoker Imagessupporting

confidence: 70%

“…Empirical findings show that a range of positive characteristics are associated with the prototypical smoker image, e.g., "tough" (Starr, 1984), "self-assured" (Lloyd, Lucas, & Fernbach, 1997), "mature", "sociable", and "wild" (Amos, Currie, Gray, & Elton, 1998).…”

Section: Smoker Imagesmentioning

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The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

Skalle¹,

Rise²

2006

Addictive Behaviors

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“…Meanwhile, an increasing number of studies have pointed to image as an important factor in the onset and maintenance of substance abuse among adolescents (Amos et al, 1998;Gray et al, 1997;Slovic et al, 2002). The use of appealing images has an empirical foundation in marketing communications and advertising, (Fox et al, 1998;Shimp, 2000) and a conceptual foundation in Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986).…”

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A Multihealth Behavior Intervention Integrating Physical Activity and Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents

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The primary purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a brief, multi-health behavior intervention integrating physical activity and alcohol use prevention messages for high school-aged adolescents. A total of 604 participants, 335 9th and 269 11th grade students from a suburban high school in northeast Florida participated in this study. A randomized control trial was conducted with participants randomly assigned within grade levels to receive either a brief consultation and prescription with a mailed reinforcing follow-up flyer (Project SPORT) or a minimal intervention control consisting of a wellness brochure provided in school and a pamphlet about teen health and fitness mailed to the home. Differences between intervention groups were evaluated with a series of MANCOVA tests. Project SPORT participants demonstrated significant positive effects at 3-months postintervention for alcohol consumption, alcohol initiation behaviors, alcohol use risk and protective factors, drug use behaviors, and exercise habits, and at 12-months for alcohol use risk and protective factors, cigarette use, and cigarette initiation (p's < 0.05). A post hoc analysis examining interactions between past 30-day use of marijuana and/or cigarettes by treatment group indicates significant positive effects for drug using adolescents who received Project SPORT on alcohol consumption, drug use behaviors, and drug use initiation at 3-months, and for drug use behaviors and exercise habits at 12-months (p's < 0.05). A brief, 12-min one-on-one consultation integrating alcohol avoidance messages within those promoting fitness and other positive health behaviors holds promise for influencing adolescent alcohol and cigarette use and other health behaviors at posttreatment and 1 year later. Long-term sustained effects for cigarette and marijuana use, and both vigorous and moderate physical activity, were found among adolescents using marijuana and/or cigarettes prior to intervention.

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“…Furthermore, these students rate smokers as less attractive (Amos et al 1998;Biasco and Hartnett 2002;Cooper and Kohn 1989), less happy (Amos et al 1998;Dermer and Jacobsen 1986;Echabe et al 1994), less intelligent (Chambliss et al 2006;Cooper and Kohn 1989;Echabe et al 1994), less disciplined (Chambliss et al 2006;Dermer and Jacobsen 1986;Tokheim et al 1990), and less ambitious (Chambliss et al 2006;Moore 2005) than nonsmokers. This past research reveals that students do stigmatize and hold prejudicial biases against people who smoke.…”

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College students’ prejudicial biases against instructors who smoke cigarettes

2010

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In an investigation of students' prejudicial biases against instructors who smoke, 61 female and 16 male undergraduates watched and listened to a 20-min lecture about parasomnias, completed a survey asking for instructor evaluation ratings and ratings of perceived learning, and completed a lecture-retention test with multiplechoice questions to assess actual learning. In a between-subjects design, the lecture was given by either a man or woman, who was portrayed as a smoker or nonsmoker. The instructors' sex and smoking status did not affect the students' perceived or actual learning (all p's > .05). However, a significant interaction on the instructor evaluation ratings revealed that students rated the female instructors equivalently (p = .78), but rated the smoker male instructor significantly lower than the nonsmoker male instructor (p = .01). These findings suggest that students hold prejudicial biases against male instructors who smoke, but that these biases do not affect student learning.

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Perceptions of fashion images from youth magazines: does a cigarette make a difference?

Cited by 45 publications

References 14 publications

The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

The relationship between smoker and nonsmoker prototypes and smoking status among 14-year-old Norwegians

A Multihealth Behavior Intervention Integrating Physical Activity and Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents

College students’ prejudicial biases against instructors who smoke cigarettes

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