Pathways to nicotine dependence in African American and Puerto Rican young adults.
This investigation examined the pathways to nicotine dependence among a sample of inner city African-American and Puerto Rican young adults (mean age = 26.1 years, SD = 1.4 years). Four hundred and seventy-five young adults were interviewed. The findings based on structural equation models showed that family conflicts, parental tobacco use, and weak ethnic identity were associated with vulnerable personality attributes and drug use, which in turn were related to nicotine dependence. Prevention strategies in young adults aimed at family conflicts, parental tobacco use, vulnerable personality attributes, drug use, weak ethnic identity, and socioeconomic status should be effective in reducing risks for nicotine dependence.
Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA Judith.Brook@med.nyu.edu.
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004522:Educational Status; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology