The influence of parental separation on smoking initiation in adolescents
The influence of parental separation on smoking initiation in adolescents
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DOI：
10.2307/3090245
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发表时间：
2002-03-01
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5
通讯作者：
Kirby, JB
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作者：
Kirby, JB
大多数成年吸烟者在青少年时期开始吸烟，随着人们的成熟，吸烟的流行率下降幅度小于其他不健康行为。因此，了解青少年开始吸烟的原因是制定有效政策以降低儿童和成人吸烟患病率的关键。在这项研究中，我认为父母分居是吸烟开始的一个可能的危险因素。我使用一个全国代表性的样本，在两个时间点采访美国青少年研究父母分居对吸烟开始的影响。两个问题得到解决。首先，父母分居与青少年开始吸烟的可能性之间是否存在关系？第二，如果存在关系，父母分居通过什么因素影响青少年开始吸烟？我的研究结果表明，父母分居增加了青少年开始吸烟的可能性。这在一定程度上是通过提高青少年的抑郁症状和焦虑来实现的。尽管这些间接影响的重要性，然而，父母分离对吸烟开始的大部分影响是直接的。
Most adult smokers start smoking when they are adolescents and, the prevalence of smoking declines less than other unhealthy behaviors as people mature. Understanding why adolescents start smoking is, therefore, key to developing effective policy aimed at lowering the prevalence of smoking ill both children and adults. In this study, I suggest that parental separation is one possible risk factor for smoking initiation. I use a nationally representative sample of American adolescents interviewed at two points in time to examine the influence of parental separation on smoking initiation. Two questions are addressed. First, is there a relationship between parental separation and the likelihood that an adolescent will initiate smoking? Second, if there is a relationship, through what factors does parental separation operate to influence the initiation of smoking in adolescents? My findings suggest that parental separation increases the likelihood that adolescents will start smoking. It does so in part by raising depressive symptoms and rebelliousness in adolescents. Despite the significance of these indirect effects, however, the bulk of the effect of parental separation on smoking initiation is direct.