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ERIC Number: EJ596256
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Relationship between Self-Esteem and Smoking Behavior among Japanese Early Adolescents: Initial Results from a Three-Year Study.
Kawabata, Tetsuro; Cross, Donna; Nishioka, Nobuki; Shimai, Satoshi
Journal of School Health, v69 n7 p280-84 Sep 1999
Examined the relationship between self-esteem and smoking behavior among Japanese elementary and junior high school students. Surveys of students indicated that those who had never smoked had higher cognitive, family, and global self-esteem but lower physical self-esteem than did smokers. Grade and gender were significantly related to self-esteem, with lower self-esteem found among girls and older students. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Adolescents, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Self Esteem, Sex Differences, Smoking, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Japan; Risk Taking Behavior