An ecological perspective on smoking among Asian American college students: the roles of social smoking and smoking motives.
Using electronic diaries, the present study examined the roles of social smoking and smoking motives in relation to cigarette use patterns among Asian American college smokers. Multilevel modeling results showed that participants smoked more cigarettes when smoking with peers than when smoking alone. Participants' coping (but not social) motives moderated the within-person associations between smoking with peers and the cigarettes smoked during a smoking episode. The findings support the utility of an ecological perspective in examining the dynamic interaction between smoking motives and the social settings of cigarette use, and call for further research on the social smoking behaviors in diverse populations.
Otsuki
Michiko
M
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, 33701, USA. motsuki@stpt.usf.edu
Tinsley
Barbara J
BJ
Chao
Ruth K
RK
Unger
Jennifer B
JB
D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult