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The role of the self in smoking initiation and smoking cessation: A review and blueprint for research at the intersection of social-cognition and health

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The self-concept is recognized as important to both smoking initiation and cessation. However, most of extant research has viewed the self-concept as a static, monolithic construct. It has not drawn on contemporary social-cognitive theories of the self-concept, which view the self-concept as a dynamic, multi-faceted cognitive structure that regulates behavior in context. This paper discusses a contemporary social cognitive framework that can be used to understand the role of the self-concept in smoking.

Source: Self and Identity

DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2011.557922

Authors: William G. Shadel, Daniel Cervone

Institutions: RAND Corporation, University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute