Hostility, depressive symptoms, and smoking in early adolescence.
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 symptoms and hostility were associated with smoking initiation by the 7th grade. Among those students who had already tried smoking, increases in depressive symptoms and hostility were associated with more frequent smoking. The association between hostility and smoking was stronger for students reporting higher levels of depressive symptoms.
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Jie Wu
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Keck School of Medicine, Institute of Prevention Research, Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, University of Southern California, 1000 S. Fremont Ave., Unit 8, Building A, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA.
Mouttapa
Michele
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Chou
Chih-Ping
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Nezami
Elahe
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Anderson Johnson
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Palmer
Paula H
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Cen
Steven
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Gallaher
Peggy
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Ritt-Olson
Anamara
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Azen
Stanley
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Unger
Jennifer B
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D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control