Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Adolescents' smoking behavior and risk perceptions.

M Virgili1, N Owen, H H Sverson

  • 1Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Journal of Substance Abuse
|January 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Adolescent smokers perceive less personal risk and fewer health consequences from smoking. This suggests risk perception influences smoking behavior, impacting initiation and maintenance in teens.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

A core outcome set for cranioplasty following stroke or traumatic brain injury - The COAST study.

Brain & spine·2025
Same author

Reallocating desk workers' sitting time to standing or stepping: associations with work performance.

Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)·2023
Same author

Towards a core outcome set for cranioplasty following traumatic brain injury and stroke 'A systematic review of reported outcomes'.

Brain & spine·2023
Same author

Sedentary behaviour and bone health in older adults: a systematic review.

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA·2021
Same author

Prospective relationships of adolescents' screen-based sedentary behaviour with depressive symptoms: the Millennium Cohort Study.

Psychological medicine·2021
Same author

Transcriptome profiling of zebrafish optic fissure fusion.

Scientific reports·2019

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Risk perception theory, originating from technological risk assessment, offers insights into health-related behaviors.
  • Understanding risk perceptions is crucial for addressing adolescent smoking initiation and maintenance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine risk perceptions in relation to smoking behavior stages among Australian high school students.
  • To identify factors underlying risk perceptions that differentiate current smokers from other groups.

Main Methods:

  • Survey administered to 205 Australian high school students (Grades 10-11, average age 15).
  • Analysis of risk perception factors including personal risk, perceived severity, perceived benefits, imagery of harm, and perceived avoidability.

Main Results:

  • Current smokers perceived significantly less personal risk and fewer severe health consequences compared to experimenters, ex-smokers, and never smokers.
  • Smokers also perceived greater benefits relative to risks, found it harder to visualize personal harm, and viewed smoking as less avoidable.
  • These findings highlight distinct risk perception profiles across different smoking statuses in adolescents.

Conclusions:

  • Risk perception significantly influences adolescent smoking behavior, affecting both initiation and maintenance.
  • Interventions targeting adolescent smoking should consider modifying risk perceptions, emphasizing personal consequences and avoidability.
  • Findings support the application of risk perception theory to understand and mitigate adolescent smoking behaviors.

Related Experiment Videos