Peer and parental influences on adolescent tobacco use

Longitudinal models of the development of adolescent smoking and smokeless tobacco (ST) use were tested for a sample of 643 adolescents, age 14 to 17. The sample was assessed at three time points. Smoking, smokeless tobacco, and other problem behaviors formed a single problem behavior factor. Struct...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 1995-08, Vol.18 (4), p.315-330
Main Authors: BIGLAN, A, DUNCAN, T. E, ARY, D. V, SMOLKOWSKI, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcoholism
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sciences
Motivation
Parent Child Relations
Peer Group
Peer Influence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Smoking
Smoking - psychology
Smoking Prevention
Social Facilitation
Tobacco Use Disorder - prevention & control
Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology
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Summary:Longitudinal models of the development of adolescent smoking and smokeless tobacco (ST) use were tested for a sample of 643 adolescents, age 14 to 17. The sample was assessed at three time points. Smoking, smokeless tobacco, and other problem behaviors formed a single problem behavior factor. Structural equation modeling indicated that inadequate parental monitoring and association with deviant peers at Time 2 predicted tobacco use at Time 3. When parental and peer smoking at Time 2 were added to the model, each accounted for significant variance in predicting Time 3 smoking, but inadequate parental monitoring and association with deviant peers still accounted for some of the variance in Time 3 smoking. In predicting boys' smokeless tobacco use, monitoring at Time 2 predicted smokeless tobacco use, but only when parental approval of ST use was not included. Fathers approval of ST use at Time 2 predicted ST use at Time 3, while maternal disapproval predicted its use.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1007/BF01857657