title: Predictors of narghile (water-pipe) smoking in a sample of American Arab Yemeni adolescents.
abstract: To explore the predictors of water-pipe smoking among American Arab Yemeni adolescents, a descriptive correlational design was used, and regression models representing the proposed relationships in the study were tested from a convenience sample of 297 adolescents who attended a teen health clinic and two high schools. The participants completed five measures. Fourteen hypotheses were tested. Experimentation with tobacco was found to be significant in predicting narghile smoking. Tobacco use prevention and cessation interventions for this population can be focused on targeting the family and peer units, from which their identity is likely derived.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Ferris State University, USA. bakero@ferris.edu
authors.forename: Omar G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D018912:Arabs / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014867:Water; D015006:Yemen / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D014867:Water