NIDA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

这项提议是为了培训和研究全国有代表性的12-18岁青少年样本的吸烟行为，这是作为全国青少年健康纵向调查的一部分进行调查的。这项分析将检查吸烟青年按年龄、种族/民族和性别的差异。此外，这项研究将确定吸烟过渡到后续阶段的预测因素，这些因素可用于针对最有可能从中受益的青少年开展计划。诸如酒精使用等辅助变量将在绘制自然历史图的背景下进行研究。这项研究的纵向性质将随后检查样本的时变特征及其对预测吸烟行为的影响。

This proposal is for training and research regarding the smoking behavior of a nationally representative sample of adolescents ages 12-18, surveyed as part of the National Longitudinal Survey on Adolescent Health. The analysis will examine differences among smoking youth by age, race/ethnicity, and gender. Further, this research will identify predictors of transitions to subsequent stages of smoking that could be used to target programs to adolescents most likely to benefit from them. Ancillary variables such as alcohol use will be studied in the context of mapping the natural history. The longitudinal nature of the study will subsequent examination of time-variant characteristics of the sample and their impact on predicting smoking behavior.