Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on October 3, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2007 32(4):481-493; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl030
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Family Socialization of Adolescent's Self-Reported Cigarette Use: The Role of Parents History of Regular Smoking and Parenting Style
1Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School, 3Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School, 4Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, and 5Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia
All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Deborah J. Jones, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3270, Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3270. djjones{at}email.unc.edu.
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Objective To examine the main and interactive effects of parental history of regular cigarette smoking and parenting style on adolescent self-reported cigarette use. Methods Predictors of adolescent self-reported cigarette use, including parents history of regular cigarette smoking and two dimensions of parenting behavior, were analyzed in a sample of 934 predominately Caucasian (96.3%) parentadolescent dyads. Families were drawn from the control group of a randomized control trial aimed at preventing adolescent substance use. Results In addition to the main effects of parents history of regular smoking and parental warmth, logistic regression analysis revealed that the interaction of these two variables was associated with adolescent self-reported cigarette use. Parental warmth was associated with a decreased likelihood of the adolescent ever having smoked a cigarette; however, this was true only if neither parent had a history of regular cigarette smoking. Conclusions Findings suggest that adolescent smoking prevention programs may be more efficacious if they address both parental history of regular smoking and parenting behavior.
Key words: adolescence; family health; parental smoking; parenting; smoking.
Received January 16, 2006; revision received May 9, 2006; revision received July 30, 2006; accepted August 19, 2006