The Role of Chronic Accessibility in First Year College Students’ Smoking Behavior

• In Event: Cognition, Attitude, and Persuasion

Abstract

A baseline (T1) and 8-week follow-up (T2) study was conducted to assess the chronic
accessibility of attitudes and norms towards smoking among first year college students. The
present research demonstrates that both attitudes and norms surrounding smoking are chronically
accessible over time, and that accessible constructs influence behavior.

Authors

• Sarah Thomas

• Bridget Potocki

• Nancy Rhodes, Michigan State U

• Lindsey Morr, Ohio State U

• Christopher Loiewski, Ohio State U

• Kevin Collier, Brigham Young U