How soon they forget: Changes to beliefs after learning about tobacco

Matthew G. Wisniewski; Anne Bartone; Janice L. Hastrup; Mariana V.C. Coutinho; Micah Geer; Leonard J. Simms

doi:10.1080/13548506.2013.793366

How soon they forget: Changes to beliefs after learning about tobacco

Matthew G. Wisniewski, Anne Bartone, Janice L. Hastrup, Mariana V.C. Coutinho, Micah Geer, Leonard J. Simms

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Abstract

University students beliefs about tobacco and nicotine were assessed before an educational intervention aimed at correcting tobacco-related misinformation. Beliefs were again measured immediately after the intervention, and then again after a 2-, 4-, 6-, or 8-week retention interval. Initially, participants showed significantly more accurate beliefs about tobacco than pre-intervention, but this improvement decreased after the retention interval. Results suggest that methods currently used in an attempt to alleviate tobacco misinformation in the public may be effective for short-term, but not long-term retention. The current study accents the need to design tobacco programs that optimize retention of belief change so that people may use that knowledge confidently in future health-related decisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	552-557
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychology, Health and Medicine
Volume	18
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2013.793366
Publication status	Published - Oct 1 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

memory
nicotine
smoking
tobacco

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Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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