Male smokers' experiences of an appearance-focused facial-ageing intervention

Flett, K, Grogan, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7510-765X, Clark-Carter, D, Gough, B and Conner, M (2017) Male smokers' experiences of an appearance-focused facial-ageing intervention. Journal of Health Psychology, 22 (4). pp. 422-433. ISSN 1359-1053

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Abstract

This study investigated 30 male smokers' experiences of an appearance-focused, facial-ageing intervention. Individual interviews (n = 21) and three focus groups (n = 9) were conducted. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Male smokers explained that viewing the impacts of smoking on their own faces was the most effective part of the intervention and 22 men (73%) said that they intended quitting smoking or reducing number of cigarettes smoked post-intervention. It is recommended that designers of appearance-focused interventions target men in the future as the current findings demonstrated that the majority of men engaged well with the intervention.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2016 11:42
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This is an Author Final Copy of a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Health Psychology, published by and copyright Sage Publications Ltd.
Divisions:
Subject terms:	Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, appearance, facial-ageing, intervention, men, smoking, YOUNG MEN, SMOKING, BODY, Face, Humans, Focus Groups, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Aging, Skin Aging, Adolescent, Adult, Health Promotion, Male, Interviews as Topic, Men's Health, Young Adult, Smokers, appearance, facial-ageing, intervention, men, smoking, Adolescent, Adult, Aging, Face, Focus Groups, Health Promotion, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Men's Health, Skin Aging, Smokers, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Young Adult, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Public Health
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/596715
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315603477
ISSN	1359-1053
e-ISSN	1461-7277

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