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Everett, Sherry A.; Husten, Corinne G.; Warren, Charles W.; Crossett, Linda; Sharp, Donald – Journal of School Health, 1998
Examined demographic characteristics of high school tobacco-users across gender and ethnicity using data from the 1991-1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Current smoking increased, with one-third of 9th and 12th graders currently smoking in 1995 and 11% of all students using smokeless tobacco. Many students used tobacco before high school. Tobacco…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Epidemiology, Health Behavior, High School Students

Pickles, Andrew; Pickering, Kevin; Taylor, Colin; Sutton, Stephen; Yang, Shuying – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Describes a random effects discrete time survival model that addresses problems of measurement error and sample design complexities. Demonstrates the effectiveness of the model in an analysis of retrospective report data on the age of onset of smoking from two cross-sectional school-based studies. (JPB)
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Measurement Techniques, Models, Research Methodology
Dinger, Mary K.; Vesely, Sara K. – American Journal of Health Education, 2001
Examined the relationship between physical activity and other health-related behaviors of U.S. college students. Data from the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey indicated that cigarette smoking, inconsistent seatbelt use, and inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables significantly related to low levels of physical activity after…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Higher Education

Felix-Ortiz, Maria; Velazuez, Jorge A Villatoro; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Newcomb, Michael D. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Compares cigarette, alcohol, and illegal drug use among high school students in Baja California Norte (BCN), Mexico with Mexican American students in Los Angeles (LA), California (N=516). Demographic variables, individual characteristics, and environmental influences were considered. Reports that more BCN students used alcohol and more LA students…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries

Costakis, Catherine E.; Dunnagan, Tim; Haynes, George – American Journal of Health Promotion, 1999
Examined whether stages of exercise adoption were associated with the practice of other health behaviors. Surveys of university employees examined demographics, health behavior, and stages of change. Results indicated that stage of exercise adoption was predictive of three out of five health behaviors. Encouraging individuals to think about…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Drinking, Employee Attitudes, Employees

Karatzias, A.; Power, K. G.; Swanson, V. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Studied the roles of demographic, school, nonschool, and personality factors in predicting the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs and maintenance of this use. Findings for 425 Scottish secondary school students show different predictive factors. Discusses implications of the findings for decreasing the prevalence of substance use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Demography, Drinking

Wills, Thomas Ashby; Sandy, James M.; Yaeger, Alison; Shinar, Ori – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Tested for moderation in the relation of family risk factors to adolescent substance use. Surveyed 1,810 participants at 11.5 years and followed with 2 yearly assessments. Found that impact of parental risk factors was decreased among participants with higher task attentional orientation and positive emotionality (resilience) and was increased…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drinking, Drug Use
Turner, K. M.; Gordon, J. – Health Education Research, 2004
Schools which enforce a no-smoking policy may experience lower rates of pupil smoking. Little is known, however, about how young people view such restrictions and it has been argued that smoking bans might actually encourage adolescent smoking. This paper presents pupils' views on the extent to which staff could, and should, enforce smoking…
Descriptors: Smoking, Discussion Groups, Student Attitudes, School Policy
Torre, Dario M.; Wang, Nae-Yuh; Meoni, Lucy A.; Young, J. Hunter; Klag, Michael J.; Ford, Daniel E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
Physicians frequently are early adopters of healthy behaviors based on their knowledge and economic resources. The mortality patterns of physicians in the United States, particularly suicide, have not been rigorously described for over a decade. Previous studies have shown lower all-cause mortality among physicians yet reported conflicting results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Physicians, Suicide, Matched Groups
Shields, Alexandra E.; Fortun, Michael; Hammonds, Evelynn M.; King, Patricia A.; Lerman, Caryn; Rapp, Rayna; Sullivan, Patrick F. – American Psychologist, 2005
The use of racial variables in genetic studies has become a matter of intense public debate, with implications for research design and translation into practice. Using research on smoking as a springboard, the authors examine the history of racial categories, current research practices, and arguments for and against using race variables in genetic…
Descriptors: Race, Genetics, Smoking, Research Methodology
McCrystal, Patrick; Higgins, Kathryn; Percy, Andrew; Thornton, Maeve – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2005
The lifestyles of young people excluded from school have received much attention recently, particularly in relation to illicit drug use. Commentators have acknowledged that they constitute a high-risk group to social disaffection and substance abuse. This paper reports on a group of 48 young people living in Belfast aged 13-14 years who are…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Use, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Newman, Ian M.; Shell, Duane F. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objective: To examine the role of expectancies in adolescent smokeless tobacco (ST) use. Methods: Self-report measures of students' ST expectancies, cigarette and ST use, and peer and family tobacco use were collected from a sample of 978 rural high school students. Results: Student expectancy beliefs significantly predicted ST use and intention…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adolescents, Rural Youth, Health Behavior
Reininger, Belinda M.; Evans, Alexandra E.; Griffin, Sarah F.; Sanderson, Maureen; Vincent, Murray L.; Valois, Robert F.; Parra-Medina, Deborah – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objectives: To examine the relationship between an aggregate risk score (smoking, drinking, and number of sex partners) and measures of youth assets in a sample of 3439 youth aged 14?18 years. Methods: Linear regression models for African American and white males and females predicted an aggregate risk score. Results: After adjustments, the youth…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Adolescents
Weiss, Jie Wu; Mouttapa, Michele; Chou, Chih-Ping; Nezami, Elahe; Johnson, C. Anderson; Palmer, Paula H.; Cen, Steven; Gallaher, Peggy; Ritt-Olson, Anamara; Azen, Stanley; Unger, Jennifer B. – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Using logistic and multiple regression, we examined the association between hostility, level of depressive symptoms, and smoking in a sample of 1699 ethnically diverse students in California. Self-reports were collected twice from each student, at the beginning of the 6th and 7th grade years. Among 6th graders who had not smoked, depressive…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 6, Smoking
Rodham, Karen; Hawton, Keith; Evans, Emma; Weatherall, Rosamund – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Concern has been mounting about the increasing numbers of adolescents who (ab)use drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence according to gender and ethnicity of drinking, smoking and drug-use in a representative sample of 15 and 16 year olds. The sample consisted of 6020 15- and 16-year-old pupils from 41…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents