Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the identities that youth hold in relation to smoking, as revealed in narrative accounts of their smoking experiences. The analysis was a narrative inquiry, a qualitative approach based on the propensity of people to narrate or tell stories about the experiences in their daily lives. A purposeful sample of 35 youths ages 14-18 years with a variety of smoking histories (all had tried smoking) participated in in-depth interviews. A detailed analysis of the transcripts revealed the key identities communicated by the youths including the confident nonsmoker, the vulnerable nonsmoker, the ardent nonsmoker, the accepting nonsmoker, the in-control smoker, the confirmed smoker, and the contrite smoker. Tobacco control interventions for youth must be designed to respond to and incorporate multiple smoking identities. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 26:387-397, 2003
Notes
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Year of Publication
2003
Journal
NUR Research in Nursing & Health
Volume
26
Issue
5
Pagination
387-397
Publication Language
English
ISBN Number
0160-6891
Johnson, Joy L., Chris Y. Lovato, Stefania Maggi, Pamela A. Ratner, Jean Shoveller, Lynne Baillie, and Cecilia Kalaw. 2003. “Smoking And Adolescence: Narratives Of Identity”. Nur Research In Nursing & Health 26 (5): 387-397.
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