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Self‐Presentation, Reasoned Action, and Adolescents' Decisions to Smoke Cigarettes 1
Author(s) -
Norman Nancy M.,
Tedeschi James T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1989.tb00269.x
Subject(s) - psychology , theory of reasoned action , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , presentational and representational acting , action (physics) , presentation (obstetrics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , radiology , aesthetics
The effectiveness of a one‐shot intervention on the social, medical or medical/social consequences of smoking in deterring adolescent smoking was evaluated. Four hundred twenty adolescents completed surveys which measured attitudes, subjective norms, stereotypes, self‐presentational beliefs regarding smoking, intentions to smoke, and smoking status at three points in time. The predictive ability of a Theory of Reasoned Behavior and of Impression Management Theory in determining adolescent smoking decisions was also assessed.