Titre du document / Document title

The predictors of adolescent smoking = Les facteurs déterminants le tabagisme chez l'adolescent

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

BARBER J. G. ⁽¹⁾ ; BOLITHO F. ⁽²⁾ ; BERTRAND L. D. ⁽³⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ School of Social Administration and Social Work, Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia, AUSTRALIE
⁽²⁾ Social Work Department, Northern Territory University, Darwin 0808, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIE
⁽³⁾ Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, University of Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

Résumé / Abstract

One thousand nine hundred and forty-two junior and senior high school students completed a self-report survey instrument containing measures of cigarette smoking and selected intrapersonal, peer pressure and family functioning variables. Results revealed that peer pressure was significantly associated with smoking behavior across all age × gender cohorts, but that intrapersonal factors were significantly more important to the smoking behavior of 12-13 year-old girls than same-age boys. Within the 14-15 year-old age group, one peer pressure variable (friends' approval of smoking) emerged as a significantly more important predictor of girls' than boys' smoking. Taken together, results suggest that while smoking prevention programs based on social reinforcement principles may be sufficient for adolescent boys, young adolescent girls are likely to benefit from programs which incorporate both peer resistance training and developmental strategies targeting conduct disorder

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of social service research   ISSN 0148-8376 

Source / Source

1999, vol. 26, n^o1, pp. 51-66 (1 p.1/4)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Haworth Press, St. Louis, MO, ETATS-UNIS  (1977) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Adolescent ; Tobacco smoking ; Family structure ; Father ; Education ; Peer Group ; Social impact ; Self-Esteem ; Behavior disorder ; Place of Abode ; Religion ; Academic Achievement ; Gender difference ; Age-grade ; Canada ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Adolescent ; Tabagisme ; Structure familiale ; Père ; Education ; Groupe de pairs ; Impact social ; Estime de soi ; Trouble du comportement ; Lieu de résidence ; Religion ; Réussite scolaire ; Différence selon le sexe ; Groupe d'âge ; Canada ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23842, 35400008114606.0030