Cigarette Smoking among Korean Adolescents: Prevalence and Correlates

Examines prevalence of cigarette smoking and explores its relationship with individual, family, school, and psychological factors among Korean adolescents. Current prevalence of cigarette smoking was 8.45 percent. Smoking prevalence increased with age among boys. Perceived peer use, academic stress,...

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Published in:Adolescence 1995-09, Vol.30 (119), p.631-642
Main Author: Juon, Hee-Soon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Behavior
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Correlation
Families & family life
Female
Foreign Countries
High School Students
High schools
Humans
Incidence
Junior High School Students
Junior High Schools
Korea
Korea - epidemiology
Koreans
Logistic Models
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sciences
Peer Group
Peer Influence
Prevalence
Prevention
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Secondary Education
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking and youth
Smoking Prevention
Social Background
Social Influences
South Korea
Stress, Psychological
Student Behavior
Students
Teenagers
Tobacco smoking
Youth
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Summary:Examines prevalence of cigarette smoking and explores its relationship with individual, family, school, and psychological factors among Korean adolescents. Current prevalence of cigarette smoking was 8.45 percent. Smoking prevalence increased with age among boys. Perceived peer use, academic stress, grade, and type of school were associated with smoking status. (RJM)
ISSN:0001-8449