Identified or conflicted: a latent class and regression tree analysis explaining how identity constructs cluster within smokers.

ABSTRACT: Identity, or 'who I am', is important for smoking behaviour. Identity constructs (parts of a person's identity) are typically examined as separate entities, but emerging evidence suggests that the multifaceted nature of identity is relevant in the context of smoking. This cross-sectional study examined how smoking-related self- and group-identity constructs cluster within adult daily smokers (N = 231), whether classes of smokers can be distinguished based on clusters of identity constructs, and which factors explain class membership. Data were collected online in The Netherlands and Belgium, 2017-2018. Latent class and regression tree analyses showed that participants in Class 1 of 'Identified smokers' (estimated population share 54%) reported stronger smoker self- and group-identities, st

SUBMITTER: Meijer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9547436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature