Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Age Differences | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Gender Differences | 3 |
| Health Behavior | 3 |
| Depression (Psychology) | 2 |
| Friendship | 2 |
| Incidence | 2 |
| Middle School Students | 2 |
| Predictor Variables | 2 |
| Racial Differences | 2 |
| Adolescents | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| American Journal of Health… | 6 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
Audience
Location
| China | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkYarnell, Lisa M.; Brown, H. Shelton, III; Pasch, Keryn E.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Komro, Kelli A. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objectives: To investigate whether smoking prevalence in grade-level networks influences individual smoking, suggesting that peers are important social multipliers in teen smoking. Methods: We measured gender-specific, grade-level recent and life-time smoking among urban middle-school students who participated in Project Northland Chicago in a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Friendship, Middle School Students
Bover Manderski, Michelle T.; Hrywna, Mary; Delnevo, Cristine D. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objectives: To assess hookah use among youth for prevalence, associations, and changes over time. Methods: Data from the 2008 and 2010 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey were analyzed to examine hookah smoking by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade level. Results: Prevalence of hookah use increased significantly among black and Hispanic students.…
Descriptors: Public Health, Smoking, Ethnicity, Incidence
Ebbert, Jon O.; Glover, Elbert D.; Shinozaki, Eri; Schroeder, Darrell R.; Dale, Lowell C. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2008
Objectives: To investigate predictors of tobacco abstinence among smokeless tobacco (ST) users. Methods: Logistic regression analyses assessed characteristics associated with tobacco abstinence among ST users receiving bupropion SR. Results: Older age was associated with increased tobacco abstinence in both placebo and bupropion SR groups at end…
Descriptors: Smoking, Depression (Psychology), Health Behavior, Predictor Variables
Fang, Xiaoyi; Li, Xiaoming; Stanton, Bonita; Dong, Qi – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objective: To explore the relationship between peer social network positions and smoking experimentation among Chinese adolescents. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were administered to 1040 adolescents in grades 6, 8, and 10. Paired-friendship linkages were used to assign participants into 3 mutually exclusive social network positions.…
Descriptors: Smoking, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Grade 6
Peer reviewedOgletree, Roberta J.; Dinger, Mary K.; Vesely, Sara – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2001
Examined associations between health behaviors and lifetime sexual partners. Data from the 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey indicated that having two or more lifetime partners related to infrequent seatbelt use, driving after drinking, fighting, considering suicide, and using certain substances. Significant sex interactions…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Driving While Intoxicated, Health Behavior
Kubik, Martha Y.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Birnbaum, Amanda S.; Murray, David M.; Perry, Cheryl L. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objectives: To assess prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms in young adolescents and examine associations between symptoms and sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data from 3621 seventh grade students from 16 middle schools were analyzed. Results: Elevated depressive symptoms were reported by 40% of girls…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Incidence, Drinking, Inhalants
