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Publication Date: 2013-Apr
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Choosing Adolescent Smokers as Friends: The Role of Parenting and Parental Smoking
Mercken, L.; Sleddens, E. F. C.; de Vries, H.; Steglich, C. E. G.
Journal of Adolescence, v36 n2 p383-392 Apr 2013
The present study examined whether parenting and parental smoking can prevent children from selecting smoking friends during adolescence. 254 Adolescents of one Belgian secondary school participated. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed among 2nd-4th graders (mean ages = 14.2-16.2 years) during spring 2006. Follow-up was conducted 12 months later. Data was analyzed conducting longitudinal social network analyses. Results showed adolescents perceiving high parental psychological control had a significant higher tendency to select smoking friends. Perceived behavioral control and perceived parental support did not affect the selection of smoking friends. Furthermore, maternal smoking behavior affected the selection of smoking friends, although no effect of paternal smoking behavior on the selection of smoking friends was found. Adolescent smoking prevention efforts should focus on the influence of parents through their smoking behavior and their psychological control to decrease adolescents' tendency to select smoking friends resulting in fewer opportunities for negative peer influences to occur. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Prevention, Smoking, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Social Networks, Friendship, Parent Role, Parenting Styles, Secondary School Students, Peer Influence, Followup Studies, Student Attitudes, Mothers, Parent Influence
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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