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Adolescent smoking intentions: gender differences in peer context
E H van Roosmalen1, S A McDaniel
1Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Adolescence
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Despite widespread interest in adolescent smoking behavior, little research has been directed to the social dynamics of adolescent smoking. In this paper, smoking intentions and peer group influences among a sample of 1,689 Grade 8 students from southern Ontario were analyzed to ascertain possible gender-specific correlates in adolescent smoking intentions. The peer environment was found to be a crucial factor in adolescent smoking behavior. Particularly striking for adolescent girls was the firmness of their expressed intentions to continue to smoke quite early in their smoking lives.