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What are the underlying causes of certain attitudes towards vaping? -…
What are the underlying causes of certain attitudes towards vaping?
Psychological
Attitudes towards vaping
How can we measure attitude?
Likert tests IATs, and other forms of self reports can provide quantitative data
Focus groups, surveys. Gathering opinions and qualitative data
Positive/negative attitudes towards vaping
Attitude strength
Attitude specificity
Conformity
Deindividuation: losing self awareness and feel less responsibility for their behaviour
Informative conformity
Peer pressure
Normative conformity: Conforming to a group to be accepted; having a desire to fit in
Self-monitors; High self monitors are more likely to conform within a group
Direct experience, whether it is positive or negative
Biological
Health
An alternative to smoking, assisting individuals to quit smoking by using a weaker addictive apparatus
Stress relief
Addiction
Potentially implementing a door-in-face technique, from cigarettes to vapes
Not wanting to experience/minimising withdrawal symptoms of smoking
Negative health effects
Not wanting to develop chronic diseases in the long run
Age
Flavour
Social
Obedience
Abiding with a certain individual with an authority figure
Prestige and proximity of this authority figure
Hierarchy of individuals within a friend group, generally in large groups
Family members; parent's authority
Social stigma
People who vape are often 'frowned upon'
Stereotypes
Curiosity
Direct experience with an individual that has vaped