Greene Kathryn, Banerjee Smita C
Department of Communication, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
J Health Commun. 2008 Apr-May;13(3):267-86. doi: 10.1080/10810730801985350.
This article deals with an important topic (youth smoking) and makes a contribution to the literature by validating existing research and extending our understanding of smoking resistance strategies. This study classified adolescent reports of their responses to cigarette smoking offers utilizing four drug refusal strategies of refuse, explain, avoid, and leave (REAL) and explored how personality factors explain adolescents' use of cigarette refusal strategies. Participants were predominantly Hispanic junior high students (6th-8th grades) from schools in the Northeast United States who participated in a survey design (N = 260). The strategy of explain was reported most frequently for initial and follow-up smoking offers. Adolescents with a greater number of friends who smoked were more likely to use the avoid strategy for initial smoking offers. Sensation seeking was positively related to the use of leave and avoid strategies for initial smoking offers and leave strategy for follow-up smoking offers. No association was found between self-esteem and use of smoking refusal strategies. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
本文探讨了一个重要话题（青少年吸烟），通过验证现有研究并扩展我们对吸烟抵制策略的理解，为该文献做出了贡献。本研究利用拒绝、解释、回避和离开这四种药物拒绝策略（REAL）对青少年报告的他们对吸烟提议的反应进行了分类，并探讨了人格因素如何解释青少年对吸烟拒绝策略的使用。参与者主要是来自美国东北部学校的西班牙裔初中生（六年级至八年级），他们参与了一项调查设计（N = 260）。在初次和后续吸烟提议中，解释策略的报告最为频繁。有更多吸烟朋友的青少年在初次吸烟提议时更有可能使用回避策略。寻求刺激与初次吸烟提议时使用离开和回避策略以及后续吸烟提议时使用离开策略呈正相关。自尊与吸烟拒绝策略的使用之间未发现关联。文中讨论了研究的意义和未来研究的方向。
