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ERIC Number: EJ512817
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0147-0353
Acculturation and Smoking in Latino Youth.
Deosaransingh, Kamala; And Others
Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, v19 n3 p43-52 May-Jun 1995
Reports a study that examined acculturation and its association with smoking and other correlates of smoking for Latino seventh graders. Students completed surveys on demographics, smoking prevalence, parent attitudes, and acculturation. Results indicated that as young Latinos became more acculturated, psychosocial influences on smoking changed from familial to peer influences. (SM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Ethnicity, Grade 7, Health Behavior, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mexican Americans, Sex Differences, Smoking, Social Influences, Tobacco
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Diversity (Student); Psychosocial Factors