Cigarette smoking, life stress, and behavioral problems in Chinese adolescents.
This study investigated a sample of 1360 Chinese adolescents. About 31% of boys and 3.7% of girls reported ever smoking. Smokers experienced more life stress than nonsmokers. Smoking was associated with increased risk for internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, but the association was markedly reduced after controlling for life stress
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Department of Family and Human Development and Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. xianchen.liu@asu.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires