TY - JOUR
T1 - A Qualitative Exploration of the Theory of Triadic Influence in a Nigerian Setting
T2 - The Case of Cigarette Smoking
AU - Egbe, Catherine O.
AU - Egbochuku, Elizabeth O.
AU - Meyer-Weitz, Anna
AU - Petersen, Inge
N1 - Funding Information:
Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Research and Ethics Committee of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Reference: HSS/1485/010D). Participants were informed about the aims of the study and assured of the confidentiality of the data and anonymity of their identity as well as their freedom to participate or withdraw from the study at any time. Code names were used to identify participants to ensure anonymity.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The first author received a doctoral research grant from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) which partly funded this study. The first author is currently supported by grant number CA 87472 from the National Cancer Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or the Food and Drug Administration. The authors acknowledge participants at the University of California San Francisco Writers’ Task Force 2016 for their feedback on an initial draft of this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) India.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - The theory of triadic influence (TTI) was employed as a framework to explore the risk influences for cigarette smoking among an inclusive sample of young smokers. This qualitative study involved a purposive sample of 18 young smokers aged 18–24 years. Data were collected using individual interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. Following the TTI, factors found to influence young people’s initiation and perpetuation of smoking included at the intrapersonal level, sensation seeking, hedonic attitudes and poor coping skills; young smokers engage in cigarettes smoking to cope with social and psychological challenges like stress, worries, to aid digestion and for relaxation. At the interpersonal level, smokers were influenced by their peers and significant others like parents, brothers, teachers and mentors. Immediate risk influences for smoking included experimentation with cigarettes and the use of other substances like marijuana and alcohol. Intervention programmes targeted at building life skills and the ability to resist the pressure from peers and significant others to smoke are needed.
AB - The theory of triadic influence (TTI) was employed as a framework to explore the risk influences for cigarette smoking among an inclusive sample of young smokers. This qualitative study involved a purposive sample of 18 young smokers aged 18–24 years. Data were collected using individual interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. Following the TTI, factors found to influence young people’s initiation and perpetuation of smoking included at the intrapersonal level, sensation seeking, hedonic attitudes and poor coping skills; young smokers engage in cigarettes smoking to cope with social and psychological challenges like stress, worries, to aid digestion and for relaxation. At the interpersonal level, smokers were influenced by their peers and significant others like parents, brothers, teachers and mentors. Immediate risk influences for smoking included experimentation with cigarettes and the use of other substances like marijuana and alcohol. Intervention programmes targeted at building life skills and the ability to resist the pressure from peers and significant others to smoke are needed.
KW - Cigarette smoking
KW - Nigeria
KW - Risk influences
KW - Theory of triadic influence
KW - Young smokers
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U2 - 10.1007/s12646-017-0419-5
DO - 10.1007/s12646-017-0419-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030768083
SN - 0033-2968
VL - 62
SP - 314
EP - 325
JO - Psychological Studies
JF - Psychological Studies
IS - 3
ER -