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Adolescent participation in tobacco promotions: the role of psychosocial factors.

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OBJECTIVES: To identify psychosocial factors that place adolescents at risk for participation in tobacco promotions, and to further investigate the hypothesis that psychosocial vulnerabilities have an indirect effect on smoking initiation among youth by ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2003Feb in Journal: Pediatrics (Language : eng)

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1. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb;111(2):402-6

Adolescent participation in tobacco promotions: the role of psychosocial factors.

Albers AB, Biener L

Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. aalbers@bu.edu

OBJECTIVES: To identify psychosocial factors that place adolescents at risk for participation in tobacco promotions, and to further investigate the hypothesis that psychosocial vulnerabilities have an indirect effect on smoking initiation among youth by way of involvement with tobacco promotions. METHODS: Data were from a follow-up telephone survey of youth in Massachusetts. A subset of adolescents who were not established smokers, had not smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days, and did not own a promotional item at baseline in 1993 was used for the analyses (n = 468). Bivariate analyses were used to evaluate the association between psychosocial vulnerabilities and subsequent acquisition of cigarette promotional items. Logistic regression was conducted to identify the set of factors that best predict attainment of tobacco promotional items, and to examine the mediating influence of item acquisition on the relation of between psychosocial vulnerabilities and smoking initiation. RESULTS: Adolescents who were academically disengaged at baseline were more likely to acquire a tobacco promotional item at follow-up. Academic disengagement was significantly associated with item acquisition, above and beyond the other psychosocial vulnerabilities. The direct effect of academic disengagement changed from marginally significant to nonsignificant when item acquisition was introduced. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence that receptivity to tobacco promotional items is greatest among youth who are disengaged from school.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Alison Burke	Albers	AB
Lois	Biener	L

Affiliation: Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. aalbers@bu.edu

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Adolescent
Adult
Advertising as Topic - methods, statistics & numerical data, trends
Child
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Likelihood Functions
Male
Massachusetts
Parents - education
Psychology - statistics & numerical data, trends
Smoking - psychology, trends
Student Dropouts - education, psychology, statistics & numerical data
Tobacco Industry - methods, trends

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