Rachael Hernandez, Yerina S Ranjit, Chandrika Collins
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Abstract
Objective: Vaping is a relatively new phenomenon, and trends in social vaping behaviors are developing. The current study describes and explains how communication surrounding vaping shapes different aspects of a college student's identity.
Participants: Twenty-seven male and female college students at a large Midwestern university were recruited to participate in five focus groups.
Methods: Focus group findings were interpreted through the lens of the communication theory of identity.
Results: College students' communication of identity was manifest in the personalization of vaping devices, selling vaping devices as a relational activity, the social aspects of vaping addiction, the facetious language surrounding vaping, and perceptions of vaping tricks as "cringe."
Conclusions: The findings revealed narrow perceptions of acceptable identities for users of vaping devices. Participants avoided labels of "being addicted" and leveraged discursive strategies such as humor, facetious language, othering, and re-framing behavior to fit a desirable identity.
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Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.