Social Image Factors as Motivators of Smoking Initiation in Early and Middle Adolescence.

Barton, John; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ274923

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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Social Image Factors as Motivators of Smoking Initiation in Early and Middle Adolescence.

Barton, John; And Others

Child Development, v53 n6 p1499-511 Dec 1982

Assesses the social image of cigarette smoking held by early- and middle-adolescent smokers and examines whether that social image serves to motivate smoking initiation. Results indicate that the social image of both male and female smokers is an ambivalent one. (Author/MP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Individual Differences, Motivation, Preadolescents, Sex Differences, Smoking, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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