Chassin L, Presson C C, Rose J S, Sherman S J
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1104, USA.
Health Psychol. 2001 Sep;20(5):377-86. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.20.5.377.
The current study used a cohort-sequential design to examine age-related changes in health-relevant beliefs from the middle school years through age 37 in a large, midwestern, community sample (N=8,556). Results suggest systematic age-related changes such that beliefs in the personalized risks of smoking declined in middle school and then increased, beliefs in generalized health risks increased beginning in the middle school years, and values placed on health as an outcome decreased in the high school years and then increased. These findings suggest that intervention programs must counter declining personalized risk perceptions among middle school students and declining values placed on health among high school age students.
本研究采用队列连续设计，对中西部一个大型社区样本（N = 8556）中从中学时期到37岁与健康相关信念的年龄变化进行了考察。结果表明存在与年龄相关的系统性变化，即对吸烟个人风险的信念在中学阶段下降，之后上升；对一般健康风险的信念从中学时期开始增加；而将健康作为一种结果的重视程度在高中阶段下降，之后上升。这些发现表明，干预项目必须应对中学生中个人风险认知下降以及高中生对健康重视程度下降的问题。
