Titre : | Young adult tobacco cessation. Implications of the normative fallacy in young adult smokers aged 19-24 years. (2007) |
Auteurs : | John-A CUNNINGHAM ; Peter-L SELBY ; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the University of Toronto. Toronto. ON. CAN |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 8, 2007) |
Pagination : | 1399-1400 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Tabagisme ; Jeune adulte ; Fumeur ; Personne âgée ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS mUFfR0xc. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We used a random-digit-dialed survey of 434 smokers to demonstrate that approximately three quarters of young adult (aged 19-24 years) smokers overestimated by 20% or more the proportion of their peers who smoked. The effect of this normative fallacy was significantly greater in young adult smokers than in smokers aged 25 years or older. Because of the strength of this false consensus effect in young adult smokers, normative feedback interventions might be especially effective in this age group. |