The Identity Self-Descriptions of Ex-Smokers: A Q-Methodological Study: Investigating the Diversity of Ex-Smokers’ Experiences of Quitting Smoking and Perceptions of their Identity - Couverture souple

Kufeld, Claudia

 
9783639452433: The Identity Self-Descriptions of Ex-Smokers: A Q-Methodological Study: Investigating the Diversity of Ex-Smokers’ Experiences of Quitting Smoking and Perceptions of their Identity
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ISBN 10 : 3639452437 ISBN 13 : 9783639452433
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2012

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. In many smokers, cigarettes constitute play a crucial role in identity development and one's sense of self. Smoking has been described as a means to cope with stress and to control mood. However, smoking has a variety of disadvantages and carries significant health risks for the smoker and the people around. Quitting smoking has therefore many physiological benefits. However, what happens psychologically when this "habit" is gone? Is an ex-smoker a different person after giving up smoking? Which influence has quitting smoking on the perceptions of one's own identity? Or is it just a behaviour that is no big deal to change? To answer these interesting questions and -at the same time- to preserve the diversity of experiences, Q-methodology was applied. By doing so it is possible to look at the manifold ways ex-smokers describe their process of quitting smoking. This book is addressed to health care providers and smoking cessation counsellors but also to a more general audience interested in health behaviour and Q-methodology.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. In many smokers, cigarettes constitute play a crucial role in identity development and one's sense of self. Smoking has been described as a means to cope with stress and to control mood. However, smoking has a variety of disadvantages and carries significant health risks for the smoker and the people around. Quitting smoking has therefore many physiological benefits. However, what happens psychologically when this "habit" is gone? Is an ex-smoker a different person after giving up smoking? Which influence has quitting smoking on the perceptions of one's own identity? Or is it just a behaviour that is no big deal to change? To answer these interesting questions and -at the same time- to preserve the diversity of experiences, Q-methodology was applied. By doing so it is possible to look at the manifold ways ex-smokers describe their process of quitting smoking. This book is addressed to health care providers and smoking cessation counsellors but also to a more general audience interested in health behaviour and Q-methodology.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author studied Psychology in Greifswald, Germany and MSc Health Psychology in Luton, GB. Her research interests cover identity and the processes of overcoming addiction, particularly smoking, that might influence the perception of one’s own self. Currently, she is a research assistant at the TU Dresden, Germany and works as a smoking cessation counsellor.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639452437
ISBN 13 
9783639452433
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
64
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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