TESTING THEORIES OF SMOKING RISK FOR YOUTH OVER TIME

描述：（申请人描述）预防青少年吸烟的进展 在20世纪80年代实现的那些目标开始受到侵蚀（约翰斯顿，1997）。 为了防止儿童和青少年成为经常吸烟者 我们需要更好地理解那些让年轻人 有开始和发展烟草使用风险的人。 使用 大规模的纵向队列的青年谁是从中间跟踪， 学校和初中（12-13岁）通过高中或高中 对于17-18岁的辍学儿童，我们提出了三项研究： 青年吸烟行为的最强决定因素，以及这些因素是否 在一个单一的理论范式中更好地解释结构， 在社会影响理论的更简约的结构中; 2） 确定是否有应考虑的特殊因素， 3）探讨高危青少年的预防计划;及 情绪困扰和吸烟风险之间的关系，以及 社会联系对这种关系的潜在调节作用， 青少年。 总的来说，这三项研究将更好地为我们的 了解青少年吸烟的风险和影响。 这 这项工作将为容易接触到的人群提供信息， 以学校为基础的干预措施，以及对那些难以学习的人 尤其是高中辍学者。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) Advances in youth smoking prevention that were realized in the 1980's are beginning to erode (Johnston, 1997). In order to prevent children and adolescents from becoming regular smokers we need to better understand the psychosocial factors that place young people at risk for tobacco use initiation and progression. Using a large-scale longitudinal cohort of youth who were followed from middle school and junior high school (ages 12-13) through high school or were high school dropouts (ages 17-18), we propose three studies: a) to examine the strongest determinants of youth smoking behavior, and whether these constructs are better interpreted within a single theoretical paradigm or within a more parsimonious construction of social influence theory; 2) to identify if there are special factors that should be considered to tailor prevention programing for high risk youth; and 3) to explore the temporal relationships between emotional distress and smoking risk, as well as the potential moderating effect of social bonding on this relationship, for adolescents. Collectively, these three studies will better inform our understanding of tobacco use risks and influences among adolescents. This work will provide information for populations that are easy to reach through school-based interventions, as well as for those who are difficult to study and are at particularly high risk, high school dropouts.