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Smoking in adolescence do attitudes matter?

B Piko1

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Albert Szent-Gvyrgvi Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Szeged University, Hungary. piko@nepsy.szote.u-szeged.hu

Addictive Behaviors
|April 24, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Adolescent smoking is influenced by attitudes toward smoking. An antismoking attitude is key, but peer influence moderates this, especially in younger girls.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Adolescent Psychology
  • Tobacco Control

Background:

  • Adolescent smoking remains a significant public health concern.
  • Theoretical models suggest attitudes influence smoking behavior, but empirical evidence is mixed.
  • Understanding the dimensions of adolescent attitudes toward smoking is crucial for effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and characterize the dimensions of attitudes toward smoking among adolescents.
  • To examine the relationship between these attitude dimensions and smoking behavior.
  • To investigate the moderating role of peer smoking on attitude-behavior links.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 261 primary and secondary school students in Szolnok, Hungary.
  • Self-administered questionnaires assessed sociodemographics, smoking behavior, beliefs, and attitudes.
  • Factor analysis was employed to identify distinct attitude dimensions.

Main Results:

  • Five dimensions of attitudes toward smoking were identified: antismoking, liking, worrying, disliking, and unrealistic.
  • Antismoking attitude emerged as the strongest predictor of tobacco use, largely independent of peer smoking in boys and older adolescents.
  • Peer smoking significantly moderated the relationship between attitudes and smoking in girls and younger adolescents.

Conclusions:

  • Antismoking attitudes are a primary factor in adolescent smoking cessation.
  • Interventions should be tailored, considering gender and age differences in attitude-behavior dynamics.
  • Targeted strategies can leverage or counteract peer influence to enhance antismoking efforts.

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