ABSTRACT

We provide a conceptual framework for considering how an individual’s identity is influenced by social groups and an empirical exploration of how identity is related to cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use. We report findings on e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking from studies of adolescents and young adults. Mediation analyses focused on (a) pathways from specific peer crowd membership to tobacco product use, and (b) self-esteem as a pathway for the inverse relationship between ethnic identity and tobacco product use. Overall, the results supported these pathways similarly for combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes, with some differences in pathways for Asian Americans, Whites, Filipinos, and Native Hawaiians. We conclude that both specific peer group membership and general ethnic identity are important factors for understanding identity process and suggest directions for how identity concepts can help guide future research on the new generation of tobacco products.

摘要

我们提供了一个概念框架来考虑个人的身份如何受到社会群体的影响，以及身份如何与吸烟和电子烟使用相关的实证探索。我们报告了对青少年和年轻人的研究中关于电子烟使用和吸烟的发现。中介分析侧重于 (a) 从特定同伴群体成员到烟草制品使用的途径，以及 (b) 自尊作为种族认同与烟草制品使用之间反向关系的途径。总体而言，结果同样支持可燃香烟和电子烟的这些途径，但亚裔美国人、白人、菲律宾人和夏威夷原住民的途径存在一些差异。