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  • Health Communication
  • Educational Psychology
  • Adolescent Health

Background:

  • Teachers act as informal caregivers in school health promotion.
  • Limited understanding of teacher motivation for initiating health discussions.
  • Attribution theory provides a framework for understanding responsibility perceptions in communication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore motivational drivers for teachers initiating smoking discussions with adolescents.
  • To apply attribution theory to teacher-student health communication.
  • To identify factors influencing preventive conversations about smoking.

Main Methods:

  • Survey data from 67 teachers in Swiss middle schools.
  • Analysis of responsibility attribution, concern, and prior sanctions.
  • Utilized a moderated mediation model to examine associations with communication.

Main Results:

  • Teachers attributing responsibility to the school reported higher concern and more smoking discussions.
  • Teacher concern alone did not directly predict communication frequency.
  • Contextual sanctions significantly moderated the effect of concern on communication.

Conclusions:

  • Motivational (perceived responsibility) and contextual (sanctions) factors shape teacher communication on smoking.
  • Attribution theory offers insights into health communication in schools.
  • Findings contribute to understanding preventive communication strategies for adolescent smoking.