A prática e a representação social do tabagismo entre fumantes, ex-fumantes e não fumantes

• Autor(a) principal: Vetere, Renata
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15140
• topic: Social psychology; Social representations; Smoking; Psicologia social; Representações sociais; Tabagismo; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL

Currently smoking is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a risk factor for life to be fought with high priority. However, a massive process of advertising and marketing seems to have been historically decisive to give the practice of smoking a positive representation through a systematic association between consumption of tobacco and the ideal self-image, like beauty, success, health and freedom. This transformation of the image of the cigarette - a symbol of status and health for a serious disease to be combated - highlights the importance of analyzing smoking as a psychosocial phenomenon. The general objective of this research, therefore, is to comparatively analyze the social representations of smoking constructed by groups of individuals falling differentially under conditions of smokers, ex-smokers and non-smokers. The survey was conducted with a sample of five hundred (500) participants residing in the State of Rio de Janeiro, of both sexes, may belong to the categories of smokers, ex-smokers and non-smokers. Data collection was carried out by electronic means, through a questionnaire, which in part focuses on the socio-demographic data of the participants, and other, features open and closed questions, even incorporating a free recall task before the inducing term "smoking or practice of smoking. "The results of structural analysis of social representation smoking allowed check a controversial unanimous as to which meaning is assigned to it. On one hand, there are negative dimensions of this practice, which are targeted by the implications and repercussions on the health of active and passive smoking and, on the other hand, there are positive dimensions, representing the social functions of smoking, and the pleasurable sensations it causes in smokers. Observe the process of building a new social representation of smoking, where a connection between a representation of the old smoking habit while living, lifestyle, with a new representation, as smoking addiction / dependency is established, creating new meanings and object images. To conclude, it is worth mentioning that the social representations of ex-smokers and non-smokers showed up quite close, essentially highlighting the negative aspects of smoking, while that of smokers differ slightly to adduce as pleasure. But generally speaking, the representations did not show up as distinct, revealing that smokers themselves experiencing a very antagonistic relationship with smoking, manifesting at different times will become ex-smokers. It seems that the representation of smoking as a glamorous habit that no longer exists and indeed politics of control he has achieved success with its restrictive measures - which is extremely positive for our society from the standpoint of public health. However, in the social sphere, it seems necessary that this atmosphere of fear and loathing wrapped in tobacco is reflected and thought, that will not result in discrimination on social smokers, making them victims again, but in a new social situation