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Predictors of Arab American Adolescent Tobacco Use
- Source :
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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology . Apr 2006 52(2):327-342. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This study examined personal, psychosocial, sociocultural, and environmental predictors in tobacco use for 1,671 Arab American adolescents. Cigarette smoking in the past 30 days was 6.9%. This increased from 1% at age 14 to 14% at age 18. Twenty-nine percent of the youths reported having ever smoked cigarettes. Experimentation with narghile was 27%; it increased from 23% at 14 years to 40% at 18 years. All trends were significant (p less than 0.001). Logistic regression analyses found 11 predictors for having smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days and 9 and 7 predictors, respectively, for having ever smoked a cigarette or the narghile. Tobacco use by friends and family members was the strongest predictor of cigarette and narghile smoking. Narghile use supported cigarette smoking.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0272-930X
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ786420
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research