Inhibitory control and the onset of combustible cigarette, e-cigarette, and hookah use in early adolescence: The moderating role of socioeconomic status

The purpose of the study was to test the moderating influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on the associations between inhibitory control and the onset of combustible cigarette, electronic (e-) cigarette, and hookah use in early adolescence. A total of 407 adolescents self-reported nicotine use, in...

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Published in:Child neuropsychology 2016-08, Vol.22 (6), p.679-691
Main Authors: Riggs, Nathaniel R., Pentz, Mary Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Cigarettes
E-Cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - trends
Female
Hookah
Humans
Inhibitory control
Male
Nicotine - analysis
Smoking - trends
Social Class
Socioeconomic status
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to test the moderating influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on the associations between inhibitory control and the onset of combustible cigarette, electronic (e-) cigarette, and hookah use in early adolescence. A total of 407 adolescents self-reported nicotine use, inhibitory control, and SES. The hypothesis that inhibitory control would be significantly associated with nicotine use onset (i.e., combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and hookah) only under the condition of low SES was tested. Direct associations were found for inhibitory control on "ever use" of all three nicotine use variables. A moderating effect was also found whereby low inhibitory control was significantly associated with nicotine use onset when participants were from low, but not high, SES families. Findings illustrate one contextual condition under which inhibitory control is associated with early onset of nicotine use.
ISSN:0929-7049
1744-4136
DOI:10.1080/09297049.2015.1053389