1. Adolescent Attributes and Young Adult Smoking Cessation Behavior.
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Brook, Judith S., Marcus, Stephen E., Zhang, Chenshu, Stimmel, Matthew A., Balka, Elinor B., and Brook, David W.
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SMOKING cessation , *ADOLESCENT smoking , *HEALTH of young adults , *PARENT-teenager relationships , *PARENTAL influences , *HEALTH behavior in adolescence , *INTERNALIZING behavior - Abstract
This study collected data five times between 1983 and 2002 from 400 participants who originally came from upstate New York. These participants completed structured interviews as did their mothers three times. LISREL analysis generally supported the hypothesized model. The results indicated that having parents who smoked and having low educational aspirations and expectations were associated with being unconventional, which, in turn, was related to having low emotional control and reporting more internalizing behaviors. Internalizing behaviors were directly associated with a lower likelihood of smoking cessation, as was parental smoking. Research and clinical implications are discussed and the limitations noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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