Family and peer influences on tobacco use among adolescents with psychiatric disorders.
The purpose of this study was to examine family and peer influences on smoking behaviors among 239 (191 smokers; 48 nonsmokers) psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Participants were queried using scales to measure parental supervision and monitoring, parenting style, adolescent-parent communication, family conflict and relations with parents, and the importance placed on life goals. The results of this study are consistent with previous findings from general population studies. Psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents' smoking status were also correlated with their siblings', peers', and girlfriends'/boyfriends' smoking status. In addition, we found that parental monitoring, closeness to parents, and ambitious life goals were protective factors against smoking. As a result, peer and family influences strongly impact the initiation and maintenance of adolescent smoking and should be considered when designing smoking cessation interventions for adolescents with psychiatric disorders.
Picotte
Dawn M
DM
Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Strong
David R
DR
Abrantes
Ana M
AM
Tarnoff
Gerald
G
Ramsey
Susan E
SE
Kazura
Alessandra N
AN
Brown
Richard A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D015897:Comorbidity; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D000074606:Smoking Prevention