"I'm committed, not addicted.": College students' identity and communication about vaping.

IF 1.6 4区 医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
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.

"我有决心,不会上瘾":大学生对吸烟的认同和交流。
目的:吸烟是一种相对较新的现象,社会吸烟行为的趋势正在发展。本研究描述并解释了围绕吸烟的交流如何塑造大学生身份的不同方面:中西部一所大型大学招募了 27 名男女大学生参加五个焦点小组:方法:通过身份认同传播理论的视角解读焦点小组的研究结果:结果:大学生的身份认同传播表现在电子烟设备的个性化、将电子烟设备作为一种关系活动来销售、电子烟成瘾的社会性、围绕电子烟的调侃性语言以及将电子烟技巧视为 "令人讨厌的 "等方面:研究结果表明,吸烟设备使用者对可接受身份的认识是狭隘的。参与者避免被贴上 "上瘾 "的标签,并利用幽默、尖刻的语言、他者化和重构行为等话语策略来适应一种理想的身份。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
5.40
自引率
12.50%
发文量
388
期刊介绍: 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.
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