Smoking Among Teenage Girls

Wagner, Eric F.; Atkins, Jana H.

doi:10.1300/j029v09n04_06

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“…These findings are consistent with studies reporting that perceived peer and familial smoking behavior and attitudes may be more influential on adolescent girls’ smoking behavior (Flay, Hu, & Richardson, 1998; Wagner & Atkins, 2000) and cessation efforts (Ellickson et al, 2001b). Alternatively, short-term consequence or immediate reinforcement motives, such as performance, physical activity, and monetary motivators may be more important for boys (e.g., Aung et al, 2003; Peters et al, 2006; Turner & Mermelstein, 2004).…”

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Examination of a Process Model of Adolescent Smoking Self-Change Efforts in Relation to Gender

MacPherson

Myers

2009

Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

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Little information describes how adolescents change their smoking behavior. This study investigated the role of gender in the relationship of motivation and cognitive variables with adolescent smoking self-change efforts. Self-report and semi-structured interview data from a prospective study of smoking self-change efforts were examined among 98 adolescent smokers ages 14–18 (55% female). Social disapproval motives and short-term consequence reasons for quitting, quit self-efficacy and intentions to quit were modeled in relation to prospective self-quit attempts assessed at a 6-month follow-up, separately by gender. Hypothesized mediating relationships were not supported although gender differences were noted. Social influence motives related to intention to quit and prospective self-quit attempts among girls. For boys, intention to quit predicted making a self-quit attempt. Findings emphasize the importance of examining adolescent models separately by gender and contribute to understanding of mechanisms involved in adolescent smoking change efforts.

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Examination of a Process Model of Adolescent Smoking Self-Change Efforts in Relation to Gender

MacPherson

Myers

2009

Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

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“…Valente et al (Valente et al, 2005) reported a trend suggesting that perceived popularity is a stronger correlate of cigarette smoking for girls than boys, perhaps because girls are more strongly motivated to smoke as a means of weight control (Wagner and Atkins, 2000). However, results from the present study, as well as from prior work (Mayeux et al, 2008), provide no support for the idea that popularity has a differential impact on the substance use of boys and girls.…”

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Substance use among middle school students: Associations with self‐rated and peer‐nominated popularity

Tucker

Green

Zhou

et al. 2010

Journal of Adolescence

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Associations of popularity with adolescent substance use were examined among 1,793 6 th -8 th grade students who completed an in-school survey. Popularity was assessed through both selfratings and peer nominations. Students who scored higher on either measure of popularity were more likely to be lifetime cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past month drinkers. Self-rated popularity was positively associated with past month marijuana use and heavy drinking, and peer-nominated popularity showed a quadratic association with past month heavy drinking. These results extend previous work and highlight that popularity, whether based on selfperceptions or peer friendship nominations, is a risk factor for substance use during middle school. Given the substantial increase in peer influence during early adolescence, prevention program effectiveness may be enhanced by addressing popularity as a risk factor for substance use or working with popular students to be peer leaders to influence social norms and promote healthier choices. Keywordspopularity; adolescent; gender; alcohol; cigarettes; marijuana Most adolescents aspire to be popular among their peers, and achieving this social status is commonly viewed as both desirable and an indicator of positive youth development. However, there is growing evidence that popularity may be hazardous to an adolescent's health. Due to a confluence of biological and psychosocial factors, adolescence is a period of heightened vulnerability to risk taking (Steinberg, 2004). Adolescents who are perceived as popular may be particularly inclined to engage in risk taking, as evidenced by their greater involvement in sexual activity (Mayeux et al., 2008), minor delinquency (Allen et al., 2005) and substance use (Alexander et al., 2001;Diego et al., 2003;Pirkle and Richter, 2006) compared to their less popular peers. It has been suggested that this heightened risk taking, which often takes the form of engagement in "adult" behaviors, may be one of the strategies that popular adolescents use to maintain their elevated social status (Mayeux et al., 2008). Of course, this risk taking can also put the adolescent at risk of short-and long-term adverse consequences; for example, there is evidence that popular adolescents drink more heavily in early adulthood and are at heightened risk for problem drinking by middle adulthood (Dubow et al., 2008 NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript measures of popularity involve eliciting nominations of classmates or schoolmates, and calculating popularity based on the number of nominations each adolescent receives. Some sociometric measures ask students to identify peers who are considered in the school to be the most popular (Killeya-Jones et al., 2007;Mayeux et al., 2008). A more common approach is to assess popularity by asking students to identify their closest or best friends (Alexander et al., 2001;Valente et al., 2005), or peers with whom they would desire to be best friends (Dubow et al., 2...

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“…1993;Kaplan. Martin, & Robbins, 1984;Wagner & Atkins, 2000). Indeed, recent research indicates that a cycle of problems can develop, such that poor family relationships lead to substance use and then substance use aggravates the existing family problems, leading to more substance use (Hoflmann & su, 1998).…”

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Exposure to parental tobacco and alcohol use: Effects on children's health and development.

Richter¹,

Richter²

2001

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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This review examines three ways in which parental tobacco and alcohol use compromises the physical and mental health of children: 1) direct exposure to the substances; 2) living with parents who may become ill from using these substances; and 3) children's modeling of parental substance use. Implications for prevention, intervention, and public education are discussed, and a reframing of the national dialogue on youth substance abuse is called for.

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Smoking Among Teenage Girls

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

Examination of a Process Model of Adolescent Smoking Self-Change Efforts in Relation to Gender

Examination of a Process Model of Adolescent Smoking Self-Change Efforts in Relation to Gender

Substance use among middle school students: Associations with self‐rated and peer‐nominated popularity

Exposure to parental tobacco and alcohol use: Effects on children's health and development.

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