When the death makes you smoke: A terror management perspective on the effectiveness of cigarette on-pack warnings

Hansen, Jochim; Winzeler, Susanne; Topolinski, Sascha

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.09.007

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“…On the same note, individuals tend to avoid behaviors and distance themselves from opinions that pose a threat to their self-esteem (Goldenberg, McCoy, Pyszczynski, Greenberg, & Solomon, 2000). The striving for positive self-esteem goes so far that even irrational and potentially harmful behavior, such as risky driving, smoking, or tanning, will be pursued if the behavior contributes to an individual's positive self-esteem (Ben-Ari, Florian, & Mikulincer, 1999;Cox et al, 2009;Hansen, Winzeler, & Topolinski, 2010;Routledge, et al, 2004). For instance, Hansen and colleagues (2010) showed that participants who derived self-esteem from smoking improved their attitudes towards MORTALITY SALIENCE AND REGRET -7 -smoking after being exposed to death warnings on cigarette labels compared to control warnings.…”

Section: Mortality Salience and The Self-esteem Buffermentioning

confidence: 99%

An unscathed past in the face of death: Mortality salience reduces individuals' regrets

Rudert

Reutner

Walker

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Section: Mortality Salience and The Self-esteem Buffermentioning

confidence: 99%

An unscathed past in the face of death: Mortality salience reduces individuals' regrets

Rudert

Reutner

Walker

et al. 2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Alan yazýnda bu öneriyi destekleyen çalýþmalara rastlamak mümkündür. Örneðin, çalýþmalar sigara uyarýlarýna maruz kalan bazý kullanýcýlarýn sigara kullanýmýna yönelik daha olumlu tutum sergilediklerini (32,33), sigaranýn oluþturduðu saðlýk risklerini küçümsediklerini (34) ya da sigara paketlerinin üzerini örterek onlardan kaçýndýklarýný (13) göstermektedir. Ruiter ve Kok (14) aþýrý korku uyandýran rahatsýz edici sigara uyarýlarýnýn bireylerin benliðini tehdit edebileceði-ni, bunun sonucunda sigara kullanýcýlarýnýn olumlu benlik algýsýný korumak için bu uyarýlara olumsuz savunmacý tepkiler verebileceklerini öne sürmekte-dirler.…”

Section: Rahatsýz Edici Sigara Uyarýlarýna Yönelik Savunmacý Tepkilerunclassified

A Review on the Effects of Health Warnings Printed on Cigarette Packages on Smokers

Malatyalı¹,

Sunal²

2017

J Clin Psy

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SUMMARYPrinting warning messages on cigarette packages is one of the policies against smoking. Millions of people are exposed to these warning messages every day. Therefore, it is essential to improve the effectiveness of these messages and evaluate their effects on individuals. This study aims to discuss the studies investigating health warnings on cigarette packages. In this context, studies about the design of warning messages (e.g. Should we use combined warnings which contain pictorials and texts together or should they contain only pictorials or only texts?; Do we need to return to plain packages?) on cigarette packages were reviewed. Then, studies related to the content of the messages were reviewed since the content of the messages (i.e. message framing) could also be effective on smoking just as the package design. Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages may generate defensive reactions. In this regard, these defensive reactions against graphic warning labels were addressed within the frameworks of psychological reactance theory (1), cognitive dissonance theory (2), terror management theory (3) and self-affirmation theory (4). Finally, how these defensive reactions could be reduced (e.g. framing sentences as questions instead of affirmative sentences) was reviewed on the basis of related literature.

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“…However, empirical research demonstrates that risk representations are generally poor predictors of behaviour, with examples in the fields of sexual behaviour (Breakwell & Millward, 1997) and smoking (Hansen et al, 2010). These studies converge in showing that where a behaviour is perceived as important to self-esteem and other principles, it is likely to persist, despite awareness of potential risks.…”

Section: Behavioural Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Responses to Climate Change: Social Representation, Identity and Socio-psychological Action

Jaspal¹,

Nerlich

Cinnirella

2013

Environmental Communication

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Jaspal, Rusi and Nerlich, Brigitte and Cinirella, Marco (2014) A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. AbstractClimate change is one of the most important global challenges in the twenty-first century, given that a changing climate is likely to have negative and potentially irreversible consequences for the environment and human beings. Drawing upon Social Representations Theory and Identity Process Theory from social psychology, we argue that research should focus upon, and successfully integrate, three levels of analysis, namely (1) how climate change knowledge is constructed and circulates (social representation); (2) the role of identity in relation to these representations (identity); and (3) how people might respond to them (action). It is suggested that identity processes may determine how people process social representations of climate change, and that they mediate the link between representations and environmental behaviour. Understanding human responses to climate change necessitates an integrative social sciences perspective, in terms of disciplinary, theoretical and methodological approaches.

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When the death makes you smoke: A terror management perspective on the effectiveness of cigarette on-pack warnings

Cited by 115 publications

References 10 publications

An unscathed past in the face of death: Mortality salience reduces individuals' regrets

An unscathed past in the face of death: Mortality salience reduces individuals' regrets

A Review on the Effects of Health Warnings Printed on Cigarette Packages on Smokers

Human Responses to Climate Change: Social Representation, Identity and Socio-psychological Action

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