The interaction of sociological and biological factors in adolescent cigarette smoking

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(92)90006-H

Addictive Behaviors

Volume 17, Issue 5, September–October 1992, Pages 459-467

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Abstract

This article considers the interaction of social and biological factors in the context of adolescent cigarette smoking. Parent and peer smoking are the sociological variables and testosterone is the biological indicator. The subjects are 212 males and females 12–14 years of age. The findings support the interaction model, suggesting that both sociological and biological factors are necessary for understanding adolescent smoking.

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^☆: This research was supported by Grant CA38392 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Thanks to Connie Padgett and J. Richard Udry for comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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The interaction of sociological and biological factors in adolescent cigarette smoking☆

Abstract

Personality and Individual Differences

Behavior Therapy

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry

Addictive Behaviors

Journal of Chronic Diseases

Journal of Adolescent Health Care

Relation between testosterone concentration, sex role identity, and personality among females

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Influence of an objective measure on self-reports of behavior

Journal of Applied Psychology

Testosterone and cigarette smoking in early adolescence

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Validity of self-reports and descriptive and analytical conclusions: The case of cigarette smoking by adolescents and their mothers

American Journal of Epidemiology

The influence of three mass media campaigns on variables related to adolescent cigarette smoking: Results of a field experiment

American Journal of Public Health

Prevention research: Deterring drug abuse among children and adolescents

Preventing cigarette smoking among school children

Annual Review of Public Health

Tobacco use among adolescents: Directions for research

American Journal of Health Promotion

Cigarette smoking among children and adolescents: Causes and prevention

Cigarette smoking and infertility in men

The Medical Journal of Australia

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British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine

Socialization and society

Adolescent smoking: Research and health policy

The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly

The epidemiology of plasma testosterone levels in middle-aged men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Coat-a-count: Total testosterone

Negative affect and plasma testosterone: A longitudinal human study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Plasma alcohol, smoking, hormone concentrations and self-reported aggression: A study in a drinking situation

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

The adolescent experience

The psychobiology of gender

The causes and effects of smoking

Influence and selection in the friend-adolescent relationship: Findings from studies of adolescent smoking and drinking

Journal of Applied Social Psychology