USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science - Project 4: Social Media Influences on Engagement and Susceptibility to Non-combustible Tobacco Product Use Among Youth and Young Adults (AYA)
University of Southern California
Summary
The purpose of this study is to present social media posts with varying combinations of flavor types and mentions of stealth use, to adolescents and determine whether these message characteristics increase adolescents' perceptions of these products and susceptibility to using these products.
Description
University of Southern California Social Behavioral and/or Secondary Research Protocol Template General Information Study Title: TCORS3 Project 4: Social media influences on engagement and susceptibility to non-combustible tobacco product use among youth and young adults (AYA) PI Name: Jennifer Unger, Ph.D. Study Information 1. What is the general purpose of the study? What do the investigators hope to learn? (Maximum 1-2 paragraphs of explanation). Social media is an increasingly important source of information on emerging tobacco products among adolescents. On social media platforms…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 14–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * High school student * Provides parental consent and youth assent Exclusion Criteria: * No parental consent or youth assent * Can't read or speak English
Interventions
- BehavioralEach intervention will be a picture of a social media post. The posts will vary (in a 3X2 factorial design) the type of flavor described and whether concealability is described.
The researchers are making stimuli that will appear to be social media posts about tobacco products. They will vary on two dimensions in a 3X2 design: Type of flavor portrayed (flavored, unflavored, or concept flavor name) Whether the post portrays the tobacco product as concealable
Location
- University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California