Abstract
The present research investigated whether message strength moderates the effect of self-affirmation on reactions given to cigarette warning labels. Three hundred eighty-four female (Study 1) and 383 male (Study 2) smokers completed a self-affirmation manipulation and then evaluated either strong or weak warning labels in terms of message derogation. Next, they reported their intentions to quit smoking. Only for the male sample, message strength moderated the effect of self-affirmation on message derogation. However, message strength did not have a moderating role on both message derogation and quit intentions for the female sample and on quit intentions for the male sample.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1926-1941 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 3 May 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey under Grant number 2214-A.
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Keywords
- cigarette warning labels
- daily smokers
- message strength
- self-affirmation
- smoking