title: Logistic analysis of adaptive gender variants of smoking youths behavior.
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze some specific features of adolescent smokers' self-perception and general attitude to living. All students of a highly qualified secondary school in Stara Zagora were asked to fill in a prepared especially for the study, self-completed questionnaires. Response rate was 79% (n = 174). Logistic analysis was used in order to describe abstract tendency of the direct significant evidences. The data were found that smoking youths had more emphasized emotional and sensual motives and stereotypes. This predisposes them to wrong behavioral decisions and smoking probably is one of the harmful results of such irrational approach.
authors: Department of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Thracian University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
authors: G M
authors: GM
authors: Sarov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*