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Regret and Rationalization Among Smokers in Thailand and Malaysia: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Survey

dc.contributor.authorWonkyong B. Leeen_US
dc.contributor.authorGeoffrey T. Fongen_US
dc.contributor.authorMark P. Zannaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRon Borlanden_US
dc.contributor.authorMaizurah Omaren_US
dc.contributor.authorBuppha Sirirassameeen_US
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Waterlooen_US
dc.contributor.otherCancer Council Victoriaen_US
dc.contributor.otherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T06:58:50Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T06:58:50Z
dc.date.issued2009-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To test whether differences of history and strength in tobacco control policies will influence social norms, which, in turn, will influence quit intentions, by influencing smokers' regret and rationalization. Design: The data were from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Southeast Asia Survey, a cohort survey of representative samples of adult smokers in Thailand (N = 2,000) and Malaysia (N = 2,006). The survey used a stratified multistage sampling design. Main Outcome Measures: Measures included regret, rationalization, social norms, and quit intention. Results: Thai smokers were more likely to have quit intentions than Malaysian smokers. This difference in quit intentions was, in part, explained by the country differences in social norms, regret, and rationalization. Reflecting Thailand's history of stronger tobacco control policies, Thai smokers, compared with Malaysian smokers, perceived more negative social norms toward smoking, were more likely to regret, and less likely to rationalize smoking. Mediational analyses revealed that these differences in social norms, accounted, in part, for the country-quit intention relation and that regret and rationalization accounted, in part, for the social norm-quit intention relation. Conclusion: The results suggest that social norms toward smoking, which are shaped by tobacco control policies, and smokers' regret and rationalization influence quit intentions. © 2009 American Psychological Association.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHealth Psychology. Vol.28, No.4 (2009), 457-464en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0014669en_US
dc.identifier.issn02786133en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-67650967025en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28035
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.titleRegret and Rationalization Among Smokers in Thailand and Malaysia: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Surveyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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