Smoking and moods in adolescents with depressive and aggressive dispositions: Evidence from surveys and electronic diaries.

Abstract

Surveys and electronic diaries were used to examine depressive and extemalizing dispositions as they relate to smoking and moods in 170 early adolescents. Negative moods were prevalent, with anger and anxiety reported on 26%-60% and sadness on 16%-40% of occasions. The risk of smoking, urges to smoke, and alcohol intake were elevated in teens with aggressive and depressive dispositions, as were diary reports of feeling hassled, angry, and sad. Girls high in depression and aggression also reported more anxiety, stress, and fatigue and less happiness and well-being than did their peers. For boys, depression seemed to dampen the elevated smoking risks associated with externalizing behaviors. Discussion focuses on gender differences in personality-smoking linkages, adolescent negative affectivity, the unique contributions of survey and diary methods, and the promise of targeted preventive interventions such as affect regulation training.

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“…We also found that symptom reports from the daily diary and the RSR were strongly correlated with reports of functional health status. This finding is consistent with two other studies that compared both methods of data collection against a gold standard and found that both methods-the daily diary and RSR-are equally valid for eliciting symptom reports (Hensley et al, 2003;Whalen et al, 2001).…”

Measuring Elders' Symptoms With Daily Diaries and Retrospective Reports

“…We also found that symptom reports from the daily diary and the RSR were strongly correlated with reports of functional health status. This finding is consistent with two other studies that compared both methods of data collection against a gold standard and found that both methods-the daily diary and RSR-are equally valid for eliciting symptom reports (Hensley et al, 2003;Whalen et al, 2001).…”

Effect of parent-child relationship on physical aggression among adolescents: Global school-based student health survey

“…The results of our study also indicated that the prevalence of tobacco use was twice as much in physically aggressive adolescents as compared to their non-aggressive counterparts. Similar findings were reported in other studies that the risk of smoking tobacco was increased in adolescents with aggressive dispositions ( Kelishadi et al, 2015 ; Whalen et al, 2001 ). Moreover in this study, a comparatively higher proportion of exposure to second-hand smoke was seen in physically violent adolescents as compared to the non-aggressive ones, this was in agreement with another study which evidenced that adolescent girls who are comparatively more exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to have aggressive behaviors ( Khorasanchi et al, 2019 ).…”

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“…Overall, completing the diary entries was not viewed as an unpleasant or overly burdensome task by most adolescents. These findings are in agreement with other studies in children (17,21,(30)(31)(32) and suggest that, with appropriate procedures (training, telephone follow-up and technical support) and a design that accommodates human factors (signals, user-friendly interface and quick completion), future RTDC studies using similar parameters of sampling densities, study duration and subject population will be well tolerated by most adolescents. Furthermore, electronic diaries have been found to be uniformly preferred over paper diaries in adults and children with chronic pain (12,13,17).…”

Measuring Elders' Symptoms With Daily Diaries and Retrospective Reports

“…We also found that symptom reports from the daily diary and the RSR were strongly correlated with reports of functional health status. This finding is consistent with two other studies that compared both methods of data collection against a gold standard and found that both methods-the daily diary and RSR-are equally valid for eliciting symptom reports (Hensley et al, 2003;Whalen et al, 2001).…”

Effect of parent-child relationship on physical aggression among adolescents: Global school-based student health survey

“…The results of our study also indicated that the prevalence of tobacco use was twice as much in physically aggressive adolescents as compared to their non-aggressive counterparts. Similar findings were reported in other studies that the risk of smoking tobacco was increased in adolescents with aggressive dispositions ( Kelishadi et al, 2015 ; Whalen et al, 2001 ). Moreover in this study, a comparatively higher proportion of exposure to second-hand smoke was seen in physically violent adolescents as compared to the non-aggressive ones, this was in agreement with another study which evidenced that adolescent girls who are comparatively more exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to have aggressive behaviors ( Khorasanchi et al, 2019 ).…”

Working Out the Kinks: Testing the Feasibility of an Electronic Pain Diary for Adolescents with Arthritis

“…Overall, completing the diary entries was not viewed as an unpleasant or overly burdensome task by most adolescents. These findings are in agreement with other studies in children (17,21,(30)(31)(32) and suggest that, with appropriate procedures (training, telephone follow-up and technical support) and a design that accommodates human factors (signals, user-friendly interface and quick completion), future RTDC studies using similar parameters of sampling densities, study duration and subject population will be well tolerated by most adolescents. Furthermore, electronic diaries have been found to be uniformly preferred over paper diaries in adults and children with chronic pain (12,13,17).…”

Measuring Elders' Symptoms With Daily Diaries and Retrospective Reports

“…We also found that symptom reports from the daily diary and the RSR were strongly correlated with reports of functional health status. This finding is consistent with two other studies that compared both methods of data collection against a gold standard and found that both methods-the daily diary and RSR-are equally valid for eliciting symptom reports (Hensley et al, 2003;Whalen et al, 2001).…”

Effect of parent-child relationship on physical aggression among adolescents: Global school-based student health survey

“…The results of our study also indicated that the prevalence of tobacco use was twice as much in physically aggressive adolescents as compared to their non-aggressive counterparts. Similar findings were reported in other studies that the risk of smoking tobacco was increased in adolescents with aggressive dispositions ( Kelishadi et al, 2015 ; Whalen et al, 2001 ). Moreover in this study, a comparatively higher proportion of exposure to second-hand smoke was seen in physically violent adolescents as compared to the non-aggressive ones, this was in agreement with another study which evidenced that adolescent girls who are comparatively more exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to have aggressive behaviors ( Khorasanchi et al, 2019 ).…”

Working Out the Kinks: Testing the Feasibility of an Electronic Pain Diary for Adolescents with Arthritis

“…Overall, completing the diary entries was not viewed as an unpleasant or overly burdensome task by most adolescents. These findings are in agreement with other studies in children (17,21,(30)(31)(32) and suggest that, with appropriate procedures (training, telephone follow-up and technical support) and a design that accommodates human factors (signals, user-friendly interface and quick completion), future RTDC studies using similar parameters of sampling densities, study duration and subject population will be well tolerated by most adolescents. Furthermore, electronic diaries have been found to be uniformly preferred over paper diaries in adults and children with chronic pain (12,13,17).…”