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dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Jan-Are Kolset
dc.contributor.authorVambheim, Sara Magelssen
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorWangberg, Silje C
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-22T14:49:29Z
dc.date.available2014-01-22T14:49:29Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe present study describes a novel approach to the identification of the motivational processes in text data extracted from an Internet support group (ISG) for smoking cessation. Based on the previous findings that a “prevention” focus might be more relevant for maintaining behavior change, it was hypothesized that 1) language use (ie, the use of emotional words) signaling a “promotion” focus would be dominant in the initiating stages of the ISG, and 2) that the proportion of words signaling a prevention focus would increase over time. The data were collected from the ISG site, spanning 4 years of forum activity. The data were analyzed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count application. The first hypothesis – of promotion focus dominance in the initiating stages – was not supported during year 1. However, for all the other years measured, the data showed that a prevention failure was more dominant compared with a promotion failure. The results indicate that content analysis could be used to investigate motivational and language-driven processes in ISGs. Understanding the interplay between self-regulation, lifestyle change, and modern communication channels could be of vital importance in providing the public with better health care services and interventions.en
dc.identifier.citationPsychology Research and Behavior Management 7(2014) s. 19-29en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1067314
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S54947
dc.identifier.issn1179-1578
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/5791
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5489
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherDovePressen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Medical/dental ethics, behavioural sciences, history: 805en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Medisinsk/odontologisk etikk, atferdsfag, historie: 805en
dc.titleLanguage of motivation and emotion in an internet support group for smoking cessation: Explorative use of automated content analysis to measure regulatory focusen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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