School connectedness and daily smoking among boys and girls: the influence of parental smoking norms

Rasmussen, Mette; Damsgaard, Mogens Trab; Holstein, Bjørn Evald; Poulsen, Lis H.; Due, Pernille

doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki039

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“…School connectedness refers to young people having close, meaningful ties with peers and teachers, and their sense of belonging and trust in their school community overall (Whitlock, 2006). There is evidence that a lack of connectedness plays a major role in young people's risky health behaviors such as substance use (Peltzer, 2009), smoking (Rasmussen, Damsgaard, Holstein, Poulsen, & Due, 2005), and weapon violence (Henrich, Brookmeyer, & Shahar, 2005). A similar link has been found between traditional bullying perpetration and school connectedness (Arslan et al, 2012;Cunningham, 2007).…”

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Correlates of traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Australian students

Tanrıkulu

Campbell

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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This study investigated the associations of gender, age, trait anger, moral disengagement, witnessing of interparental conflict, school connectedness and the religious makeup of the school setting in the involvement in traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration. Five hundred Australian students completed an anonymous self-report, paper-based questionnaire. According to the results, 25.2% of the participants reported having engaged in traditional or cyberbullying perpetration. While trait anger and moral disengagement were associated with being a traditional bully, trait anger, interparental conflicts, moral disengagement and school connectedness were associated with being a traditional bully-victim. Additionally, trait anger and moral disengagement were associated with being a traditional-and-cyberbully. Our findings indicated that besides individual variables, the family and school environment have an impact on traditional and cyberbullying perpetration behavior. Results imply that any prevention attempts to reduce traditional and cyberbullying should consider students' experiences both at home and at school.

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Section: School Connectednessmentioning

confidence: 86%

Correlates of traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Australian students

Tanrıkulu

Campbell

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…19–23 Since the Education Bill was passed in November 2011, there has been debate about whether reduced central regulation will have adverse consequences for children’s health. 24 Our data illustrate the importance of the school environment for a range of health indicators and suggest that the health impact of school reforms must be carefully monitored.…”

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Relative importance of individual and social factors in improving adolescent health

Hargreaves¹,

McVey²,

Nairn

et al. 2013

Perspect Public Health

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Aims:In 2010, the English Department of Health launched a radical new public health strategy, which sees individual factors, such as self-esteem, as the key to improving all aspects of young people’s health. This article compares the strength of association between key adolescent health outcomes and a range of individual and social factorsMethods:All participants aged 12–15 in the nationally representative 2008 Healthy Foundations survey were included. Six individual factors related to self-esteem, confidence and personal responsibility, and seven social factors related to family, peers, school and local area were investigated. Single-factor and multivariable logistic regression models were used to calculate the association between these factors and seven health outcomes (self-reported general health, physical activity, healthy eating, weight, smoking, alcohol intake, illicit drug use). Odds ratios were adjusted for gender, age and deprivation.Results:Individual factors such as self-esteem were associated with general health, physical activity and healthy eating. However, the influence of family, peers, school and local community appear to be equally important for these outcomes and more important for smoking, drug use and healthy weight.Conclusion:Self-esteem interventions alone are unlikely to be successful in improving adolescent health, particularly in tackling obesity and reducing substance misuse.

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“…These findings may reflect important sex differences regarding "norm internalization," with girls tending to be more receptive than boys to specific social influences at school. 7 Indeed, the idea that girls are more susceptible to external influences is not new; for example, it has been observed that being exposed to a higher prevalence of smoking at school is a significant risk factor for the transition to current smoking only among girls. 25 It may also be that at the age of 13 years, developmental differences between boys and girls are especially pronounced and, in particular, that boys are affected to a greater extent than girls by familial influences.…”

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“…1 Because the prevalence of student smoking varies widely between schools after controlling for individuallevel variables, [2][3][4][5] it is likely that features of the organizational or social environment at school influence tobacco-related behaviors among youth. School-related factors associated with higher smoking prevalence among students include lower school "connectedness" (ie, feeling of belonging and relatedness with significant others at school), 6,7 poor discipline and low teacher involvement, 8 and lack of smoking bans and enforcement. 5,9 The 2002 Ontario Youth Smoking Survey 10 found that students who reported full bans at school smoked fewer cigarettes per day than students who reported partial or no bans.…”

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The Influence of School Smoking Policies on Student Tobacco Use

Barnett

Gauvin²,

Lambert³

et al. 2007

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Objective: To investigate the association between smoking behavior among secondary school students and school smoking policies.Design: Cross-sectional provincially representative study.Setting: Quebec secondary schools.Participants: Complete data were available for 763 of 1058 students aged 13 years in 50 schools and for 768 of 1160 students aged 16 years in 57 schools. School principals provided data on school smoking policies.Main Exposure: School smoking policies.Outcome Measure: Student tobacco use.Results: Of students aged 13 years, 3.8% of boys and 7.1% of girls smoked daily; 21.0% of boys and 25.2% of girls aged 16 years smoked daily. Of schools, 28.0% permitted staff to smoke indoors, 84.1% permitted staff to smoke outdoors on school grounds, and 83.2% permitted students to smoke outdoors on school grounds. Daily smoking was not associated with policies targeting student smoking or those targeting indoor smoking by staff. In multilevel analyses, girls aged 13 years were almost 5 times more likely to be daily smokers if they attended schools at which staff were permitted to smoke outdoors.Conclusions: Younger girls may be more susceptible to social influences at school related to tobacco use. School policies banning smoking by teachers and other school personnel within and outside the school should be an important component of comprehensive adolescent smoking prevention programs.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(9):842-848

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School connectedness and daily smoking among boys and girls: the influence of parental smoking norms

Cited by 46 publications

References 36 publications

Correlates of traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Australian students

Correlates of traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Australian students

Relative importance of individual and social factors in improving adolescent health

The Influence of School Smoking Policies on Student Tobacco Use

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