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ERIC Number: EJ274923
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Dec
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Social Image Factors as Motivators of Smoking Initiation in Early and Middle Adolescence.
Barton, John; And Others
Child Development, v53 n6 p1499-511 Dec 1982
Assesses the social image of cigarette smoking held by early- and middle-adolescent smokers and examines whether that social image serves to motivate smoking initiation. Results indicate that the social image of both male and female smokers is an ambivalent one. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Individual Differences, Motivation, Preadolescents, Sex Differences, Smoking, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Desirability