TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in adolescent smoking
T2 - Mediator and moderator effects of self-generated expected smoking outcomes
AU - Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin
AU - Anderson, Cheryl B.
AU - Pollak, Kathryn I.
AU - Wetter, David W.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Purpose. To examine relations among gender, self-generated smoking-outcome expectancies, and smoking in adolescents. Methods. Students from one all-girls' (n = 350; 53%) and one all-boys' (n = 315; 47%) Catholic high school participated. Analyses included binary and ordinal logistic regression. Results. For boys, smoking behavior was associated with buzz (odds radio [OR] = 1.92, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.31-2.83, p < .001), pleasure (OR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.01-2.16, p = .044), taste/smell (OR = 2.17, 95% CI: 1.12-4.19, p = .022), stimulation (OR = 3.69, 95% CI: 1.32-10.28, p = .013), and exercise/sport impairment (OR = 2.84, 95% CI: 1.68-4.81, p < .001). Among girls, weight control (OR = 0.22, 95% CI: 0.13-0.36, p < .001), negative aesthetics (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.28-0.64, p < .001), addiction (OR = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.28-0.55, p < .001), and negative mood (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.20-0.97, p = .041) predicted smoking. Buzz (β = 2.88, p = . 004) mediated the gender-smoking relationship. Moderators included negative social (β = -0.45, p = .021) and enhance self-esteem (β = -1.07, p = .024). Conclusion. Interventions might benefit from tailoring on gender differences in smoking-outcome expectancies.
AB - Purpose. To examine relations among gender, self-generated smoking-outcome expectancies, and smoking in adolescents. Methods. Students from one all-girls' (n = 350; 53%) and one all-boys' (n = 315; 47%) Catholic high school participated. Analyses included binary and ordinal logistic regression. Results. For boys, smoking behavior was associated with buzz (odds radio [OR] = 1.92, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.31-2.83, p < .001), pleasure (OR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.01-2.16, p = .044), taste/smell (OR = 2.17, 95% CI: 1.12-4.19, p = .022), stimulation (OR = 3.69, 95% CI: 1.32-10.28, p = .013), and exercise/sport impairment (OR = 2.84, 95% CI: 1.68-4.81, p < .001). Among girls, weight control (OR = 0.22, 95% CI: 0.13-0.36, p < .001), negative aesthetics (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.28-0.64, p < .001), addiction (OR = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.28-0.55, p < .001), and negative mood (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.20-0.97, p = .041) predicted smoking. Buzz (β = 2.88, p = . 004) mediated the gender-smoking relationship. Moderators included negative social (β = -0.45, p = .021) and enhance self-esteem (β = -1.07, p = .024). Conclusion. Interventions might benefit from tailoring on gender differences in smoking-outcome expectancies.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Expectancies
KW - Gender
KW - Prevention Research
KW - Smoking
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U2 - 10.4278/0890-1171-20.6.383
DO - 10.4278/0890-1171-20.6.383
M3 - Article
C2 - 16871816
AN - SCOPUS:33747107142
SN - 0890-1171
VL - 20
SP - 383
EP - 387
JO - American Journal of Health Promotion
JF - American Journal of Health Promotion
IS - 6
ER -