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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on October 3, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl030
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediartic Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received January 16, 2006
Accepted August 19, 2006

Original Papers

Family Socialization of Adolescent's Self-Reported Cigarette Use: The Role of Parents' History of Regular Smoking and Parenting Style

Sarah E. Foster MA 1, Deborah J. Jones PhD 1 *, Ardis L. Olson MD 2, Rex Forehand PhD 3, Cecelia A. Gaffney MEd 4, Michael S. Zens PhD 4, and J. J. Bau PhD 5

1 Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchock Medical School; Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchock Medical School
3 Department of Psychology, University of Vermont
4 Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchock Medical School
5 Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Deborah J. Jones, E-mail: djjones{at}email.unc.edu


  Abstract

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%) parent-adolescent 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.

Keywords: adolescence; family health; parental smoking; parenting; smoking.
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