Classroom Norms and Individual Smoking Behavior in Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Yarnell, Lisa M.; Brown, H. Shelton, III; Pasch, Keryn E.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Komro, Kelli A.
Titel	Classroom Norms and Individual Smoking Behavior in Middle School
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 36 (2012) 1, S.12-19 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
DOI	10.5993/AJHB.36.1.2
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Females; Friendship; Middle School Students; Peer Influence; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Urban Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Social Influences; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Freundschaft; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Objectives: To investigate whether smoking prevalence in grade-level networks influences individual smoking, suggesting that peers are important social multipliers in teen smoking. Methods: We measured gender-specific, grade-level recent and life-time smoking among urban middle-school students who participated in Project Northland Chicago in a longitudinal cohort design. Results: Within schools, grade-level recent smoking had comparable effects on girls' and boys' individual-level smoking. Grade-level lifetime smoking had a greater effect on girls' smoking. Conclusion: Interventions can target middle school classes and schools broadly, without making the identification of friendship networks a concern. (As Provided).
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