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Peer Pressure and SNS Addiction in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of SNS-Use Motives
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Kim, Seon-Jeong; Lim, Young-Jin – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2021
The present research was carried out to clarify relationships between peer pressure, social networking site (SNS) addiction, and SNS-use motives in Korean adolescents. Adolescent SNS users (N = 300, 52.70% female) completed self-report measures of peer pressure, SNS addiction, and SNS-use motives. Findings indicated that adolescents reporting more…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Foreign Countries
Primed for Positive Perceptions? Applying the Acquired Preparedness Model to Explain College Students' E-Cigarette Use and Dependence
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Laura J. Holt; Meredith K. Ginley; Clara Pingeon; Richard Feinn – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) more often than any other US demographic group. In a novel application of the acquired preparedness model, we examined how proximal (e.g., cognitions) and distal (e.g., dispositional) influences accounted for ENDS use and dependence. Participants: Undergraduates (N = 1075;…
Descriptors: Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Risk, Health Behavior
Motivational Predictors of Alcohol Use among Undergraduate, Graduate, and Veteran Students
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Elliot Grace – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Dangerous alcohol use, or binge drinking and alcohol use that results in significant negative consequences, is a major health concern in university populations. Research on graduate students' and Veteran students' alcohol use is limited. Using protective behavioral strategies (PBS) before or during alcohol use can attenuate the negative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Veterans, Drinking
Predicting College Student Drinking and Smoking Intentions with Cognitively Accessible Attitudes and Norms
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Rhodes, Nancy; Potocki, Bridget; Thomas, Sarah – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Understanding the factors that make college students more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes is key to developing effective interventions in order to reduce these behaviors. This study sought to understand entering college students' intentions to engage in smoking and drinking behavior by examining the cognitive accessibility (ease of…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Smoking, Drinking, Intention
The Unique Roles of Intrapersonal and Social Factors in Adolescent Smoking Development
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Defoe, Ivy N.; Semon Dubas, Judith; Somerville, Leah H.; Lugtig, Peter; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the initiation and peak of many harmful risk-taking behaviors such as smoking, which is among the most addictive and deadliest behaviors. Generic metatheories like the theory of triadic influence (TTI) suggest that interrelated risk factors across multiple domains (i.e., intrapersonal and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Smoking, At Risk Persons, Addictive Behavior
Multicontextual Influences on High Risk Behaviors among College Students
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Johnson, Audrey S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether peer involvement, family involvement, media within the school campus, and cultural beliefs about college life were related to student involvement in risky behaviors, such as binge drinking, illicit drug use, risky sexual behavior, and problem gambling. Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model was…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Risk, Alcohol Abuse