Adolescent Attention to Disgust Visuals in Cigarette Graphic Warning Labels.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Adolescents are often a target audience for disgust-eliciting antismoking messages, including graphic warning labels (GWLs) on cigarette packages. Yet, few studies have examined how adolescents attend and respond to disgust imagery frequently depicted in these messages. METHODS:A within-subjects eye-tracking experiment with middle school youth (N = 436) examined attention for GWLs that feature disgust versus nondisgust images. Hypotheses were based on emotion theory and previous findings with adult participants. This study also tested whether living with a smoker moderated effects of attention on negative emotions and risk beliefs. RESULTS:Participants paid similar levels of attention to warnings with disgust visuals as they did warnings with nondisgust visuals, accounting for othe

SUBMITTER: Kemp D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874741 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature