TY - JOUR
T1 - Campaigns and cliques
T2 - Variations in effectiveness of an antismoking campaign as a function of adolescent peer group identity
AU - Moran, Meghan Bridgid
AU - Murphy, Sheila T.
AU - Sussman, Steve
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (#18FT-0175).
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Identity-based strategies have been suggested as a way to promote healthy behaviors when traditional approaches fall short. The truth® campaign, designed to reduce smoking in adolescents, is an example of a campaign that uses such a strategy to reach youth described as being outside the mainstream. This article examines the effectiveness of this strategy in promoting antitobacco company beliefs among youth. Survey data from 224 adolescents between 14 and 15 years of age were used to examine whether the truth® campaign was more or less effective at reaching and promoting antitobacco company beliefs among youth who identify with nonmainstream crowds (deviants and counterculture) versus those who identify with mainstream crowds (elites and academics). Analyses revealed that adolescents who identified as deviants and counterculture were more likely to have been persuaded by the truth® campaign. Social identity theory is used as a theoretical framework to understand these effects and to make recommendations for future health campaigns.
AB - Identity-based strategies have been suggested as a way to promote healthy behaviors when traditional approaches fall short. The truth® campaign, designed to reduce smoking in adolescents, is an example of a campaign that uses such a strategy to reach youth described as being outside the mainstream. This article examines the effectiveness of this strategy in promoting antitobacco company beliefs among youth. Survey data from 224 adolescents between 14 and 15 years of age were used to examine whether the truth® campaign was more or less effective at reaching and promoting antitobacco company beliefs among youth who identify with nonmainstream crowds (deviants and counterculture) versus those who identify with mainstream crowds (elites and academics). Analyses revealed that adolescents who identified as deviants and counterculture were more likely to have been persuaded by the truth® campaign. Social identity theory is used as a theoretical framework to understand these effects and to make recommendations for future health campaigns.
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U2 - 10.1080/10810730.2012.688246
DO - 10.1080/10810730.2012.688246
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23066900
AN - SCOPUS:84870294967
SN - 1081-0730
VL - 17
SP - 1215
EP - 1231
JO - Journal of health communication
JF - Journal of health communication
IS - 10
ER -