Depressive Mood, the Single-Parent Home, and Adolescent Cigarette Smoking.

Covey, Lirio S.; Tam, Debbie

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ERIC Number: EJ419471

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Depressive Mood, the Single-Parent Home, and Adolescent Cigarette Smoking.

Covey, Lirio S.; Tam, Debbie

American Journal of Public Health, v80 n11 p1330-33 Nov 1990

Examines the relationship between depressive mood and cigarette smoking among a sample of 123 adolescent males and 82 adolescent females. Finds an independent relation of depressive mood, friends' smoking behavior, and living in a single-parent home. Concludes that depressive mood and stress may contribute to the onset of smoking. (FMW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Family Characteristics, Multivariate Analysis, One Parent Family, Peer Influence, Smoking, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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