Characteristics Associated with Young Adults’ Intentions to Engage with Anti-Vaping Instagram Posts
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Literature Review
1.2. Study Purpose
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Stimuli
2.4. Measures
2.4.1. Engagement Intentions
2.4.2. Social Media Use
2.4.3. Daily Internet Use
2.4.4. E-Cigarette Use Status
2.4.5. Other Tobacco Use Status
2.4.6. Sociodemographic Characteristics
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participants
3.2. Social Media/Internet Use
3.3. Engagement Intentions
3.4. Predictors of Engagement Intentions
3.5. E-cigarette Use Status and Social Media/Internet Use
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n (%) | |
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Age; M (SD) | 24.6 (3.4) |
Gender | |
Female | 216 (47.1) |
Male | 219 (47.7) |
Nonbinary a | 24 (5.2) |
Race/ethnicity | |
Non-Hispanic White/Caucasian | 294 (64.1) |
Non-Hispanic Black/African American | 24 (5.2) |
Other b/Multiple | 97 (21.1) |
Hispanic/Latino | 44 (9.6) |
Other tobacco use | |
Past 30-day | 154 (33.6) |
E-cigarette Use | |
Never | 107 (23.3) |
Ever | 100 (21.8) |
Past 30-day | 252 (54.9) |
Total number social media sites; c M (SD) | 6.6 (2.2) |
Total internet use; M (SD) | 7.1 (3.8) |
“Comment on” | “Reshare” | “DM/Send This ad to a Friend” | “Like” | “Take a Screenshot of” | Sum Engagement Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E-cig use | ||||||
Never (ref) | ||||||
Ever | 1.35 (0.43–4.43), 0.612 | 1.16 (0.42–3.29), 0.769 | 0.65 (0.29–1.42), 0.280 | 0.92 (0.51–1.69), 0.798 | 0.72 (0.35–1.44), 0.350 | 0.93 (0.71–1.20), 0.563 |
Past 30-day | 2.67 (1.00–8.05), 0.062 | 0.69 (0.24–1.98), 0.479 | 0.71 (0.34–1.46), 0.344 | 0.58 (0.33– 1.01), 0.055 | 1.24 (0.67–2.30), 0.497 | 0.94 (0.73–1.19), 0.591 |
Age | 1.10 (1.01–1.22), 0.040 | 1.02 (0.91–1.13), 0.766 | 0.98 (0.91–1.06), 0.617 | 0.97 (0.92–1.03), 0.380 | 1.02 (0.96–1.09), 0.481 | 1.01 (0.98–1.03), 0.686 |
Gender | ||||||
Female (ref) | ||||||
Male | 2.08 (1.06–4.22), 0.036 | 1.23 (0.60–2.57), 0.573 | 1.26 (0.74–2.17), 0.395 | 0.69 (0.46–1.04), 0.380 | 1.02 (0.64–1.63), 0.934 | 1.02 (0.85–1.23), 0.814 |
Nonbinary | 1.05 (0.15–4.43), 0.950 | NA | 0.46 (0.07–1.72), 0.314 | 0.26 (0.09–0.63), 0.006 | 1.98 (0.77–4.88), 0.143 | 0.74 (0.45–1.14), 0.191 |
Race | ||||||
Non-Hispanic White/Caucasian (ref) | ||||||
Non-Hispanic Black/African American | 1.11 (0.29–3.46), 0.870 | 3.85 (1.15–11.21), 0.018 | 1.47 (0.46–3.95), 0.471 | 1.72 (0.70–4.56), 0.250 | 1.16 (0.40–2.94), 0.765 | 1.32 (0.92–1.84), 0.117 |
Other/Multiple | 0.72 (0.29–1.60), 0.444 | 1.34 (0.52–3.18), 0.520 | 1.44 (0.78–2.59), 0.227 | 0.95 (0.58–1.56), 0.847 | 1.52 (0.89–2.56), 0.120 | 1.10 (0.89–1.36), 0.382 |
Hispanic/Latino | 0.62 (0.17–1.79), 0.418 | 2.41 (0.82–6.31), 0.086 | 0.38 (0.09–1.12), 0.122 | 1.14 (0.59–2.27), 0.697 | 1.18 (0.54–2.43), 0.669 | 1.01 (0.74–1.35), 0.948 |
Other tobacco use | ||||||
Never (ref) | ||||||
Past 30-day | 1.41 (0.70–2.89), 0.343 | 1.40 (0.58–3.42), 0.453 | 1.28 (0.67–2.44), 0.429 | 0.75 (0.47–1.21), 0.246 | 1.01 (0.59–1.72), 0.981 | 1.03 (0.83–1.28), 0.776 |
Source | ||||||
Expert (ref) | ||||||
Friend | 1.87 (0.85–4.24), 0.122 | 1.40 (0.58–3.47), 0.458 | 0.99 (0.53–1.85), 0.974 | 0.95 (0.59–1.53), 0.845 | 0.91 (0.53–1.55), 0.721 | 1.05 (0.85–1.29), 0.681 |
Influencer | 1.78 (0.82–4.00), 0.150 | 1.48 (0.63–3.62), 0.372 | 0.94 (0.50–1.75), 0.839 | 1.21 (0.75–1.94), 0.439 | 1.00 (0.59–1.70), 0.987 | 1.11 (0.90–1.36), 0.346 |
Total number social media sites | 0.92 (0.80–1.06), 0.261 | 1.14 (0.97–1.36), 0.110 | 1.13 (1.00–1.28), 0.053 | 1.11 (1.01–1.22), 0.025 | 1.09 (0.98–1.21), 0.101 | 1.05 (1.01–1.09), 0.019 |
Daily internet use | 1.10 (1.02–1.19), 0.016 | 0.99 (0.89–1.08), 0.791 | 1.00 (0.93–1.07), 1.000 | 0.92 (0.89–0.99), 0.019 | 0.98 (0.92–1.04), 0.579 | 0.99 (0.97–1.02), 0.526 |
Ever Use (OR, 95% CI) | Past 30-Day Use (OR, 95% CI) | |
---|---|---|
YouTube | 2.13 (0.62–8.48), 0.244 | 1.02 (0.37–2.71), 0.963 |
1.02 (0.48–2.14), 0.966 | 1.10 (0.54–2.23), 0.789 | |
Snapchat | 1.63 (0.88–3.02), 0.121 | 1.81 (1.01–3.26), 0.045 |
1.03 (0.56–1.89), 0.925 | 1.08 (0.61–1.90), 0.803 | |
1.23 (0.69–2.20), 0.481 | 2.03 (1.16–3.56), 0.013 | |
Tumblr | 1.76 (0.75–4.28), 0.200 | 1.07 (0.47–2.52), 0.870 |
1.22 (0.63–2.35), 0.557 | 1.23 (0.67–2.23), 0.498 | |
TikTok | 2.46 (1.35–4.55), 0.004 | 3.31 (1.86–5.97), <0.001 |
1.28 (0.58–2.82), 0.541 | 1.58 (0.78–3.33), 0.216 | |
1.95 (0.99–3.89), 0.055 | 1.26 (0.67–2.38), 0.467 | |
1.02 (0.57–1.84), 0.942 | 0.83 (0.47–1.45), 0.506 | |
Discord | 0.72 (0.39–1.32), 0.288 | 0.68 (0.39–1.20), 0.188 |
Total Number Social Media Sites Used (b, 95% CI) | 0.54 (−0.06–1.14), 0.080 | 0.58 (0.01–1.14), 0.046 |
Total Number of Hours Online Every Day (b, 95% CI) | −1.31 (−2.33, −0.28), 0.012 | −0.17 (−1.47, 0.44), 0.293 |
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Liu, J.; Lee, D.N.; Stevens, E.M. Characteristics Associated with Young Adults’ Intentions to Engage with Anti-Vaping Instagram Posts. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 6054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116054
Liu J, Lee DN, Stevens EM. Characteristics Associated with Young Adults’ Intentions to Engage with Anti-Vaping Instagram Posts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(11):6054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116054
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Jessica, Donghee N. Lee, and Elise M. Stevens. 2023. "Characteristics Associated with Young Adults’ Intentions to Engage with Anti-Vaping Instagram Posts" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 11: 6054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116054