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- Title
Social representations of smoking and attitudes towards smoking restrictions in the Norwigian Navy.
- Authors
Friestad, Christine; Rise, Jostein; Røysamb, Espen
- Abstract
The present study investigated the relationship bewteen social representations about smokers and smoking, and attitudes towards smoking restrictions. Data were collected by means of questionnaires among a sample of employees (<E1>n</E1>=4224)in the Norwegian Navy. Based on the results from first- and second-order principal components analyses, three dimensions of social representations were identified. The dimensions were labeled "negative representations", "positive representations" and "social influence". The three dimensions clearly differentiated between daliy, occasional and non-smokers. Further, structural equation modeling of the relation between social representations and attitudes towards smoking restrictions, indicated that social representations function as intermediating factors of the effect from smoking states upon attitudes towards smoking restrictions. The findings indicate the need to focus upon social psyshological processes taking place in the ineraction between groups of smokers and non-smokers, as understanding of such processes may be relevant in preventing the development of group conflict.
- Subjects
NORWAY; SAILORS; TOBACCO use
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 1999, Vol 40, Issue 3
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9450.00116