Тема 4 Асертивност на отказа

Case 1: I was offered tobacco to reduce my stress while studying.

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By the end of the scenario of Case 1, the participants and the observers will realise that smoking is not a solution for stress-release and that smoking should be avoided at all costs.

People could use healthy options and methods to ease themselves from stress, including deep breathing exercises, mindful meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, relaxation to music, and counselling. An individual could engage themselves with painting, dancing, gardening, and outdoor recreation activities such as hiking.

The roles that could be suggested to students are the below: an individual who offers smoking, an individual who is thinking to start smoking to ease themselves from stress, and an individual that suggests other options for stress release.

Case 2: I am thinking to start smoking to lose weight before the graduation ceremony.

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By the end of the scenario of Case 2, participants and observers will understand that smoking is not a solution for weight loss and that smoking should be avoided at all costs.

There are healthy options and methods that someone could use for weight loss, including watching their diet, consulting a dietitian for healthier dietary options, increase their physical activity through exercise and dancing. Additionally, you could provide information to students about body positivity. Body positivity, being a social movement, aims to challenge the present-day beauty standards as an undesirable social construct; thus, it encourages a rejection of ideas that bodies must fit a certain size and shape, and in the end, people can accept and celebrate their body – regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities – as it is (Dittmar, 2009; Leboeuf, 2019).

The roles that could be suggested to students are the below: an individual who offers smoking, an individual who is thinking to start smoking for weight loss, and an individual that suggests other options for weight loss and enlightens others for body positivity.

Case 3: I was advised instead of quitting smoking to change to e-cigarettes as they are not harmful.

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By the end of the scenario of Case 3, participants and observers will understand that e-cigarettes are not a healthy alternative to smoking.

The e-cigarettes are not considered to be a healthier option for smoking. On the contrary, e-cigarettes are treated as highly addictive; they create a toxic aerosol that individuals inhale, linking them to chronic lung disease, asthma, and cardiovascular disease.

There are healthy solutions that an individual could follow to stop smoking. These include behaviour therapy, abrupt cessation, cessation drugs, and acupuncture.

The roles that could be suggested to students are the below: an individual who offers e-cigarettes as a solution for quitting smoking, an individual who is thinking to start smoking e-cigarettes, and an individual that suggests healthy options for quitting smoking.

Case 4: I really do not want to smoke, but I feel that my friends will judge me.

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By the end of the scenario of Case 4, participants and observers will practice ways of not giving in to negative peer pressure.

Smoking during adolescence is regarded as a social activity, and peer influences act as a significant factor in the uptake of smoking.

An individual could practice being more assertive and confident when they are being offered cigarettes. They could be firm with declining the offer of others to start smoking and be repetitive as well. The individual could practise saying no, and avoid stressful situations. Additionally, they could confront the leader of the pack, even with using the buddy system by finding a friend to back each other up.

The roles that could be suggested to students are the below: an individual who suggests smoking, an individual who does not want to start smoking but is afraid of peer pressure, and an individual that is assertive with handling peer pressure.