Parental smoking, closeness to parents, and youth smoking.
OBJECTIVE
To examine parent closeness and its effect in predicting youth smoking when 0, 1, or 2 parents smoked.


METHODS
Youth and parent smoking, closeness to parents, family structure, and gender and ethnicity among middle (n=17,468) and high school (n=5457) students were measured using a questionnaire.


RESULTS
Number of parents smoking incrementally moderated the protective effect of all 4 measures of parent closeness, in predicting youth smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Addressing parent smoking and strengthening family relationships need significantly greater emphasis in interventions to further reduce youth smoking.
Wilson
Diane B
DB
Department of Internal Medicine and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298-0306, USA. dbwilson@vcu.edu
McClish
Donna K
DK
Heckman
Carolyn J
CJ
Obando
C Patricia
CP
Dahman
Bassam A
BA
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology