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Smoking and adolescence: Narratives of identity
Author(s) -
Johnson Joy L.,
Lovato Chris Y.,
Maggi Stefania,
Ratner Pamela A.,
Shoveller Jean,
Baillie Lynne,
Kalaw Cecilia
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.10102
Subject(s) - narrative , identity (music) , psychological intervention , psychology , smoking prevention , narrative inquiry , qualitative research , youth smoking , tobacco control , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , public health , sociology , psychiatry , nursing , art , anthropology , literature , aesthetics
The purpose of this study was to understand the identities that youth hold in relation to smoking, as revealed in narrative accounts of their smoking experiences. The analysis was a narrative inquiry, a qualitative approach based on the propensity of people to narrate or tell stories about the experiences in their daily lives. A purposeful sample of 35 youths ages 14–18 years with a variety of smoking histories (all had tried smoking) participated in in‐depth interviews. A detailed analysis of the transcripts revealed the key identities communicated by the youths including the confident nonsmoker , the vulnerable nonsmoker , the ardent nonsmoker , the accepting nonsmoker , the in‐control smoker , the confirmed smoker , and the contrite smoker . Tobacco control interventions for youth must be designed to respond to and incorporate multiple smoking identities. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 26:387–397, 2003
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