Social Influence and Adolescent Smoking: A First Look Behind the Barn.

Biglan, Anthony; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ287537

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Social Influence and Adolescent Smoking: A First Look Behind the Barn.

Biglan, Anthony; And Others

Health Education (Washington D.C.), v14 n5 p14-18 Sep 1983

Factors most likely to predict teenage smoking are defined, based on a study of 6th through 12th grade students. The importance of social factors--the number of best friends who smoke, whether parents and siblings smoke--is stressed. (PP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Influence, Health Education, Peer Influence, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education, Smoking, Social Influences, Student Behavior

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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