Dar-Nimrod Ilan, Zuckerman Miron, Duberstein Paul
Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
New Genet Soc. 2014 Oct 1;33(4):400-412. doi: 10.1080/14636778.2014.951993.
People hold diverse beliefs regarding the etiologies of individual and group differences in behaviors which, in turn, might affect their attitudes and behaviors. It is important to establish how perceived etiologies for smoking might affect the effectiveness of policy initiatives and prevention efforts. The present study assessed whether exposure to genetic vs. environmental accounts for smoking affects attitudes towards a) workplace-related smoking policies and b) smokers at the workplace. Results indicate that exposure to a genetic explanation led to stronger objections to a smoking restrictive policy compared with a non-genetic explanation. Additionally, participants in the genetic condition were more accepting of a smoker in the workplace than in the environmental condition. Evidently, beliefs about the etiology of smoking influence a range of attitudes related to smokers and smoking related policies.
人们对行为中个体和群体差异的病因持有不同的信念，而这些信念反过来可能会影响他们的态度和行为。确定对吸烟病因的认知如何影响政策举措和预防工作的有效性很重要。本研究评估了接触吸烟的遗传因素与环境因素解释是否会影响对以下两方面的态度：a）与工作场所相关的吸烟政策，以及b）工作场所的吸烟者。结果表明，与非遗传解释相比，接触遗传解释会导致对吸烟限制政策更强烈的反对。此外，与环境因素组相比，遗传因素组的参与者对工作场所吸烟者的接受度更高。显然，对吸烟病因的信念会影响一系列与吸烟者及吸烟相关政策有关的态度。
