Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use among Adolescents.

Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Vilhjalmsson, Runar

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Publication Date: 1991

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Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use among Adolescents.

Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Vilhjalmsson, Runar

Adolescence, v26 n102 p399-418 Sum 1991

Examined predictors of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in nationwide sample of 1,200 Icelandic adolescents. Found that use of tobacco and alcohol was related to sex, residence, hours of paid work, physical activities, social network, educational performance and beliefs, and psychological distress. Concludes that existing theoretical perspectives do not provide adequate account of adolescent smoking and drinking. (Author/PVV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Drinking, Employment, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, High School Freshmen, High Schools, Locus of Control, Mental Health, Physical Activities, Predictor Variables, Sex Differences, Smoking, Social Class, Social Networks, Urban Environment

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iceland

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