Prevention of smoking update in adolescents Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Dead Cool Intervention
Dead Cool is a smoking prevention intervention for pupils aged 12–13 years old designed by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland (a local cancer charity). The intervention is designed t
Sponsors
Queen's University Belfast
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All pupils in the school year were invited to participate
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Parents/Guardians who did not wish their child to take part were asked to return completed Opt-Out Forms.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Smoking behavior measured using a hand-held carbon monoxide monitor (administered by a trained member of the research team) at baseline and at 12 weeks (immediately post-intervention) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All assessed at baseline and at 12 weeks (1-week post-intervention): 1. The game theory experiments included several incentivized tasks. Part 1 included a rule-following task measuring individuals' social norms sensitivities. Parts 2-3 included incentivized coordination games to elicit injunctive and descriptive norms for smoking and vaping in whole school year groups. Part 4 assessed participants' willingness to pay to support anti-smoking norms 2. Self-report injunctive smoking norms were assessed with seven items enquiring about perceived approval of smoking from groups of important others 3. Self-report descriptive smoking norms were assessed with two scales. The first scale consisted of five items enquiring about how often groups of important others engaged in smoking behaviour. Pupils provided their answers on a five-point scale (“very often” to “never”/“don’t know”). The second scale consisted of three items enquiring about the proportion of groups of important others who are smokers 4. Self-report smoking outcomes included past/current smoking behaviour, smoking intentions and susceptibility 5. Hypothesised mediators measured using smoking knowledge, attitudes towards smoking, self-efficacy (emotional, friends, and opportunity subscales), perceived risks (physical, social, and addiction subscales), perceived benefits, perceived behavioural control (easy to quit smoking), and perceived behavioural control (to avoid smoking) 6. Social networks measured by asking pupils to name up to ten of their closest friends in their school year group 7. Pro-sociality measured using the Need to Belong Scale, Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, and Pro-Social Behavior Scale 8. Adolescent personality traits (Openness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability) measured using the Big Five Trait Short Questionnaire (BFPTSQ) 9. Well-being measured using a self-perceived well-being scale | — |
Countries
Colombia, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed