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Walker, L, Grogan, S, Scholtens, K, Denovan, A, McMillan, B, Armitage, CJ, Conner, M, Epton, T and Cordero, MI (2022) UK women smokers' experiences of an age-progression smoking cessation intervention: Thematic analysis of accounts. PEC Innovation, 1.
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Abstract
Objectives: Appearance-related interventions to promote healthy behaviour have been found effective to communicate health risks. The current study aimed to explore women smokers' experiences of age-progression software showing the effects of smoking on the face. Methods: A qualitative design was implemented, utilizing both individual interviews and focus groups within a critical realist framework. Fifteen, 19–52 year-old women smokers were administered an age-progression intervention. All participants responded to the intervention, engaged in semi-structured interviews, and were invited back to attend one of three focus groups. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Four main themes were identified: Health versus Appearance, Shock Reaction, Perceived Susceptibility, and Intention to Quit. Participants found the intervention useful, voicing need for a comprehensive approach that includes both appearance and health. Despite increases in appearance-based apps which could diminish impact, women's accounts of shock induced by the aged smoking-morphed images were similar to previous work conducted more than ten years previously. Conclusions: The study provides novel insights in how women smokers currently perceive, and react to, an age-progression intervention for smoking cessation. Innovation: Findings emphasise the implementation of this intervention type accompanied by health information in a range of patient settings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Age-progression; Aging; Intervention; Smoking; Women |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2024 07:49 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2024 08:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100021 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23531 |
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