Perceived friend and peer smoking and direct and indirect refusal skills as predictors of cigarette smoking in U.S. and Japanese middle school students. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Adolescents (aged 12-14 years) from the United States (n = 539) and Japan (n = 644) completed surveys regarding tobacco use, perceptions of friend and peer smoking, and their own likelihood of using smoking refusal skills. U.S. youth were more likely to report lifetime or monthly tobacco use, whereas Japanese youth were more likely to smoke ≥20 cigarettes per week. High perceived friend and peer smoking prevalence predicted lifetime smoking, whereas direct refusal skill use (e.g., "saying no") predicted less lifetime tobacco use. Results are discussed in terms of cultural influences that may mediate the effect of risk factors on U.S. and Japanese youth.

publication date

  • January 1, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Friends
  • Peer Group
  • Smoking

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84906859549

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/15332640.2013.847394

PubMed ID

  • 25176116

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 3