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Effects of Temporal Framing on Response to Antismoking Messages: The Mediating Role of Perceived Relevance

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This study tested the effect of temporal framing on young adult smokers’ response to antismoking communication messages. In two studies using largely identical designs, young adult smokers recruited from a… Click to show full abstract

This study tested the effect of temporal framing on young adult smokers’ response to antismoking communication messages. In two studies using largely identical designs, young adult smokers recruited from a large university (n = 52) and Amazon Mechanical Turk (n = 210) were exposed to either no messages or messages featuring different temporal frames. Analysis of the combined data (N = 262) showed that framing the health consequences of smoking in a proximal (vs. distal) time frame led to greater perceived message relevance, less use of heuristic processing, greater use of systematic processing, greater positive affect, and more intense fear. Mediation analysis showed that perceived relevance was a significant mediator of the effect of temporal framing on message processing and emotional responses. In separate analysis of the Amazon Mechanical Turk data, the proximal frame also showed a consistent pattern of stronger impact on behavioral intentions compared to the distal frame, but the difference was only significant on the measure of intending to try to quit. Overall, findings of this study suggest that using proximal (vs. distal) frames may enhance receptivity to antismoking messages among young adult smokers, although the behavioral impact of this framing strategy still awaits further research.

Keywords: temporal framing; relevance; response antismoking; antismoking messages; perceived relevance

Journal Title: Journal of Health Communication
Year Published: 2017

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