Smoking-Related Social Control in Indonesian Single-Smoker Couples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of Indonesian smokers are men and those who are married nearly always have a non-smoking wife (i.e. single-smoker couples). Previous studies have suggested that Indonesian women dislike smoking. However, contesting their husbands' smoking could be seen as disrespectful. In this study, we examine whether, and if so how, wives employ social control tactics to change their husbands' smoking and how the smokers perceive the tactics.

Method

In-depth interviews (N = 12) with five single-smoker couples (N = 10 individual interviews) and two non-smoking wives of smokers (N = 2) were conducted in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. We used a social control framework and thematic analysis approach to analyse the transcribed interviews.

Results

Three themes emerged fr

SUBMITTER: Ayuningtyas DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8263448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature