TESTING THEORIES OF SMOKING RISK FOR YOUTH OVER TIME

描述：(申请者描述)青少年防吸烟研究进展 在20世纪80年代实现的S正在开始消退(约翰斯顿，1997年)。 为了防止儿童和青少年成为经常吸烟的人 我们需要更好地理解让年轻人 烟草使用开始和发展的风险人群。使用 从中层开始跟踪的大规模纵向青年队列 中学和初中(12-13岁)至高中或高中以上 对于辍学学生(17-18岁)，我们建议进行三项研究：a)考察 青少年吸烟行为的最强决定因素，以及这些因素 在单一的理论范式或 在更简约的社会影响力理论构建中；2) 确定是否存在应考虑进行调整的特殊因素 为高危青年制定预防方案；以及3)探索 情绪困扰和吸烟风险之间的关系，以及 社会纽带对这种关系的潜在调节作用，例如 青少年。总的来说，这三项研究将更好地向我们提供信息 了解青少年使用烟草的风险和影响。这 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，以及对难以学习的人的干预 而且他们的风险尤其高，他们是高中辍学生。

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.