When Cigarette Smoking Meets Covid-19
How the Two Types of Threat and Efficacy Perceptions Interactively Predict Danger Control and Fear Control Processes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15475260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yachao Li (0000-0001-8268-1935, College of New Jersey), Hue Trong Duong (0000-0001-8742-1040, Georgia State University), Zachary B Massey (0000-0003-3484-5768, University of Missouri), Victoria Churchill (0000-0003-0393-3212, Morehouse School of Medicine), Lucy Popova (0000-0002-3450-4579, Georgia State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 2970-2970 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20042970 |
| PMID | 36833665 |
| OpenAlex | W4319778911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 47 |
Growing evidence indicates that communicating the combined risk of smoking and COVID-19 encourages smoking cessation. Guided by the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), we examined how perceived threats of smoking and COVID-19 independently and interactively predicted danger control responses (i.e., quit intentions and COVID-19-protective behavioral intentions) and fear control responses (i.e., fear and fatalism). We also explored the direct and interactive impacts of perceived efficacy of quitting smoking and COVID-protective behaviors on message outcomes. Structural equation modeling results ( N = 747 U.S. adults who smoke) indicated that the perceived efficacy of COVID-protective behaviors positively predicted quit intentions. Higher perceived threat of COVID-19 and greater quitting efficacy predicted higher quit intentions directly and indirectly via fear. As perceived COVID-protective efficacy increased, the positive association between perceived quitting efficacy and quit intentions also increased. Smoking-related threat and efficacy perceptions did not predict COVID-protective behavioral intentions. This study added to EPPM by considering how threat and efficacy perceptions deriving from two different yet closely related risks affect protective behaviors. Thus, combining multiple threats in a single message might be a promising strategy to motivate smoking cessation amid the pandemic
Control (management · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Fatalism · Pandemic · Perceived control · Perception · Risk perception · Self-efficacy · Smoking cessation · Structural equation modeling · Theory of planned behavior · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |